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I think this poem is using analogies to compare what happens to your dreams that you either reach or defer, how it affects your life some dreams are sweet like the ones you had as a kid and the feeling of the ones that you acomplished. But in other cases people give up on their dreams, let them "shrivel like a raisin in the sun." they defer them, what happens to those dreams? I think that people never truly give up on their dreams, their just tired of trying, mabye they had to defer them for now for the better, but their will always be that glimmer of hope for that dream lingering.

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I think the poem is talking about how dreams are taken for granted and how people give up on the dreams very easily

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I'm wondering if the poem may talking about real life problems in Harlem at the time. I'm assuming that many people gave up on their dreams and let them shrivel like a raisin in the sun. Some people let their dreams go and some people let their dreams "explode".

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The poem is talking about dreams going away and describing what it might feel like for that to happen . i feel like this poem is touching to any audience having dreams can be scary but that does not mean to just drop them and stop belivieing

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this poem is reminiscent of the 'american dream' of freedom, often associated with new york city, that is often not realized due to socioeconomic factors that limit the success of most people, particularly people of color. These dreams of success and prosperity often are deferred. The ending, talking about an explosion, could think refer to the explosion of arts and culture to come out of the Harlem Renaissance after being suppressed by poverty and racism for so long.

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I think the poem is talking about how often our dreams are neglected and how it's hard to go for your dream and when you have a lack of motivation or feel hopeless.

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this poem reminds me of what happens to a dream that never happened but you still think about in our mind and does it ever go away or just stays at the back of our head the whole time or will it ever happen the only thing you feel is hopeless

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The poem was talking about dreams and where asking what if our dreams just went away. I was thinking about what if someone just gave up and what that feels like. what does it feel like to feel hopelessness and why do some people find it hard to gain motivation to do something.

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This poem has connections to the world with all the similes that describe different situations that could occur in everyday life. It makes me think about all the things that could happen to dreams that have been ignored for too long. Do they disappear? Or do they linger? And what would make someone feel the need to defer a dream in the first place? Is it such a terrible thought that they cant bear it, or is it just unimportant?

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I think the poem is talking about how you have to put off dream and what happens to that dream. Whether it actually gets achieved in the future or it disappears completely and is forgotten.

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This poem reminds me of the fact that the longer you hold onto a small conflict, the bigger the effect it will have on you. It’s kind of like a dream. If you don’t pursue the dream, you’ll be stuck in the mindset of “what if”s which is a form of regret.

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Since the poem is mostly talking about how dreams are broken, maybe in the play the story either centers around or is told by someone not achieving their dream, or people not acknowledging their dream. Also the play is also called "A Raisin in the Sun" and in the poem it does say a raisin in the sun. In the poem they said if a dream dries up like a raisin in the sun. Meaning it could be that dreams in the story might not be fulfilled or just neglected.

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I think this poem is talking about what happens when you put off a dream or a goal, and what happens for different people. Because dreams don't really die, they just lie dormant. So in that dormant state those dreams act differently in everyone, for some, it sits wrong and it wont leave them alone, for others it feels like a weight that you carry around with your everyday life. For few, it sits and reminds them that this is something you have to do.

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When I first listened to the poem, my mind went to the question, “Why would one defer their dream?” What excuses or reasons would influence someone to put their dreams on back burner? To help visualize it better, I thought to myself, what would make me defer a dream? The only reason I could think of was family. Like if someone was sick and I had to take care of them or in general if their safety was compromised. I’m sure there are other reasons too but obviously that isn’t what the poem is trying to convey. This poem is more trying to make sure we don’t defer our dreams. Dreams are the essence of us in a way. That’s what I interpreted from the first simile, “A raisin in the sun”. Because before it was a raisin, it was a plump grape.

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