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Figurative Language

A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes Similes Similes compare two different things using like or as. A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does 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? What are 2 similes used in this poem? What are they comparing?

Fame is a Bee by Emily Dickenson Metaphor A metaphor compares 2 different things without using like to as. Fame is a Bee by Emily Dickenson Fame is a bee. It has a song— It has a sting— Ah, too, it has a wing. What is being compared in this poem? What do these comparisons mean?