What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun? Or fester1 like a sore —
[5] And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over — like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags [10] like a heavy load.
Or does it explodeIn lines 1-5, the speaker thinks that dreams deferred...
A.
grow more powerful.
B.
will be changed in a negative way.
C.
stay alive with enough hope.
D.
never truly disappear.