he uses words of food, disease & hardships as similies
"raisin in the sun" which is also the name of a famous play about an African American family moving into a white neighborhood
raisin in the sun...when a grape has been dried by the sun or beat up like this poem says, it shrivels into a raisin. meaning when a dream has been delayed too long and neglected it can change or shrivel
shrivel can remind us of when a plant has not been given watered and nutured...plant can shrink
what it means to put dreams on hold
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