"Conformity and Rebellion"

Harlem
by Langston Hughes

This poem is about what happens to an unfinished dream. The author asks if it dries up or festers or just sags like a heavy load. This poem caught my attention because it was easy to understand. The author compared simple things like a raisin in the sun, instead of something that would be harder to invision. I also liked how the poem ended in a question "Or does it explode." This left me, like many other readers, wondering and thinking about the poem long after it was read.