- Swollen - There is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two <u>bulbous</u> eyes stare at you upside down.
"Bulbous" mean something fat, round, or bulging, similar to "Swollen" which is the state of being larger or rounder in size of what something normally is.
- Disappointing - "Better in body perhaps — " I began, and stopped short, for he sat up straight and looked at me with such a stern, <u>reproachful</u> look that I could not say another word.
Reproachful is an adjective and it's used when something/someone expresses disapproval or disappointment.
- Markedly noticeable - But in the places where it isn't faded and where the sun is just so—I can see a strange, provoking, formless sort of figure that seems to skulk; lie in wait about behind that silly and <u>conspicuous</u> front design.
Something conspicuous is something obvious to the eye or mind (it easily catches people's attention), something markedly noticeable.
- Bad quality - Looked at in one way each breadth stands alone, the bloated curves and flourishes—a kind of "<u>debased</u> Romanesque" with delirium tremens—go waddling up and down in isolated columns of fatuity.
Debased means degraded, reduced in quality or value.
I guess it emerges when people go out with each other. Best friends can become a boy friend or girlf riend relationship. The only way to succeed in love is when you actually love the person you love because of her characteristics, not her looks or fame.
People may be mean at first but it's most likely something happened to them. Then there's lust. Lust is when two people want each other but don't love each other. True love is only when you and your love been thru a lot with each other and are still together.
The short but inspirational poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes addresses what happens to aspirations that are postponed or lost. The brief, mind provoking questions posed throughout the poem allow the readers to reflect--on the effects of delaying our dreams. In addition, the questions give indications about Hughes' views on deferred dreams.
"Harlem" is an open form poem. The poem consists of three stanzas that do not have a regular meter. To catch the reader's attention, the writer made sure that specific words and questions stood out. As a result, the lengths of the lines vary and certain syllables are stressed in every line. The first line in the poem: is the longest…show more content…
The last line, "Or does it explode?" (11) is an example of a metaphor. The writer implies that a postponed dream--destroys, causes a violent or even disturbing emotional reaction.
Langston Hughes was a successful African-American poet of the Harlem renaissance in the 20th century. Hughes' had a simple and cultured writing style. "Harlem" is filled with rhythm, jazz, blues, imagery, and evokes vivid images within the mind. The poem focuses on what could happen to deferred dreams. Hughes' aim is to make it clear that if you postpone your dreams you might not get another chance to attain it--so take those dreams and run. Each question associates with negative effects of deferred dreams. The imagery from the poem causes the reader to be pulled in by the writer's words.
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