Broken dreams

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What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore -
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over -
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

Langston Hughes

Harlem

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Broken dreams Dreams

Author

Langston Hughes

Source

Harlem

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Harlem." Montage of a Dream Deferred. Holt, 1951.

Life has killed the dream I dreamed.

Les Miserables

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Topic

Broken dreams Dreams Adversity Challenges of life

Speaker

Fantine

Actor

Anne Hathaway

Source

I Dreamed a Dream Les Miserables

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical (film) Epic (film) Musical Epic

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"I Dreamed a Dream." Les Misérables. Directed by Tom Hooper, performed by Anne Hathaway, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd/Working Title Films, 2012.

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true,
Or is it something worse?

Bruce Springsteen

The River

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Broken dreams Dreams

Speaker

Bruce Springsteen

Source

The River

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Springsteen, Bruce. "The River." The River. Columbia Records, 1980.