"Dream Deferred"

In this poem, there are five similes listed in a row. They are "like a raisin", "like a sore", "stink like rotten meat", "like a syrupy sweet", and "like a heavy load". The speaker is asking the reader to think what happens when a dream is put off. All of the similes are negative images. Some people live for dreams. Langston Hughes was a poet in the Harlem Renaissance. He was also alive during the Civil Rights Movement. I thought he was implying that people should never give up on their dreams, especially those who wanted their rights. They should never stop dreaming and they should take action or their dreams can never come true.