Dream Deferred 8.29

1.     Which image is a metaphor? Where/why placed thusly?

a.     The final possible transformation in line eleven is a metaphor. It being last piece of imagery in the poem suggests finality, an ending. It is also the most violent of the ideas, itself exploding to words at the end.

2.     Does learning the poet is African American affect the understanding?

a.     The question of whether or not the dream referred to in the poem is equality instantly comes to mind upon discovering the poet was African American in the 20^th century. The 1900s were a time of struggle for blacks to acquire equality in America.