A Raisin in the Sun Poems Activity Packet 英文原版!!!.docx

Harlem: A Dream DeferredWhat happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry uplike 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 sagslike a heavy load.Or does it explode?- Langston Hughes, 1951Vocab Helper!Deferred – To put off (an action or event) for a later time; postponed.Fester –To undergo decay; to rot.To be or become an increasing source of irritation.HARLEM: A DREAM DEFERRED – FOCUS QUESTIONS1. This poem is about the people in Langston Hughes’ community in Harlem. What impression do you get of Hughes’ community in this poem?2. Based on this poem, do you think life for people in Hughes’ community was easy or hard? Why?3. Why do you think Hughes titled this poem “Harlem: A Dream Deferred”?4. Do you think this poem could be used to describe people in your community today? Why or why not?HARLEM: A DREAM DEFERREDTHE DREAM KEEPER / DREAMS - by Langston Hughes?Bring me all of your dreams,You dreamer,Bring me all yourHeart melodiesThat I may wrap themIn a blue cloud-clothAway from the too-rough fingersOf the world.? ---Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.Vocab Helper!Barren – Empty; lacking; producing little or no plant life.THE DREAM KEEPERS / DREAMS – FOCUS QUESTIONSIn the poem “Dreams,” two lines contain metaphors – which are they??What is Hughes trying to say by using these metaphors??What is the theme of the poems??Do you agree or disagree with the poems?? Why??What did Hughes promote in these poems?Do you think the theme of this poem is positive or negative? Why?THE DREAM KEEPERDREAMERSTHE ROAD NOT TAKENTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claimBeca