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Figurative Language in a Poem

Question 5 of 5 • Basic English II S2

Read the poem "Harlem.”What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.Or does it explode?

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like a raisin in the sun?
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Or fester like a sore—
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Does it stink like rotten meat?
O
Or crust and sugar over—