Post 11: Metaphor

Langston Hughes's "Harlem" metaphor compares the dream and the bomb. It felt like the metaphor reminded me of having a nightmare in my dream. Sometimes I go to sleep to keep dreaming, and there was a monster in my dream. In the poem "Harlem," it asked, "does it explode?" (432). Yes, I might get scared in the middle of the nighttime.

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  1. Aj's CornerMarch 26, 2021 at 10:36 AM

    You have an interesting take on "Harlem". You placed emphasis on the line where the dream explodes and I think that this may be what happens for most people's dream. They kind of end up destroyed for some people. Langston also compares dreams to other things like a raisins, so there are many applications for what happens to a dream.

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  2. Tyler Wayne BrewsterMarch 26, 2021 at 11:43 PM

    I find your position presented here in this post to be very enlightening and very intuitive as you put an explanation on the dream presented in the Langston piece. I very much appreciate and like your post very much.

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  3. Brian PhamMarch 27, 2021 at 5:41 PM

    I hope you don't have these type of dreams that explode on you, but I do hope you keep these explosive ideas in mind to keep your ideas ready to bloom.

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  4. Lan VuMarch 28, 2021 at 8:36 PM

    When talking about dream I usually thinks about hope and the future but dreams can also be just dreams. Great interpretation about the poem.

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  5. Patrick MicahApril 15, 2021 at 7:21 PM

    I think that your explanation was very eye opening to me.

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