Langston Hughes '' A Dream Deferred'

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So far the past years I have gathered average and possibly above average literature, and reading. The turning point where it leads me to become above average grammar, and proper diction so I can comprehend, so I can make magnifance text. A prime example is creating parodies of four famous poets and those poets are; e.e cumming, Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, and Edgar Allen Poe. While fully developing poetry skills four poets’ work were given, and we as individuals had to make poems that is nearly identical to the poem, but with different diction. When the poem was finished only one of your choice had to present, and I decided on Langston Hughes’ “A Dream Deferred”, and I instead of making the thought about a topic that is colorful or joyful

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