Directions:   Know the title, author, line breaks, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and word order
What do the simile choices Mr. Hughes makes contribute to this poem?

What happens to a dream deferred?
Doe 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?