What is the meaning of dream deferred?
The poem, "Dream Deferred," by Langston Hughes, is one man's expression of his dreams during a difficult time period. As a black man in a time period where African-Americans were considered an inferior group of people,dreams and goals would have been difficult to realize.
Deferred means delayed or with held. Typically, if one defers something, one puts it off until later. Therefore, the question is really asking what happens to a dream if it is delayed or put off.
