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.Which detail from the poem best supports the answer to the previous question?
A.
"What happens to a dream deferred?" (Line 1)
B.
"like a raisin in the sun?" (Line 3)
C.
"Does it stink like rotten meat?" (Line 6)
D.
"like a syrupy sweet?" (Line 8)Or does it explodeIn lines 1-5, the speaker thinks that dreams deferred..
The best detail from the poem that supports the answer to the previous question is:
C. "Does it stink like rotten meat?" (Line 6)