This entity has a boogie-woogie rumble that shows up after midnight, and the poet questions why it should be his in "Tell Me."
This entity has a boogie-woogie rumble that shows up after midnight, and the poet questions why it should be his in "Tell Me." According to "Same in Blues," "there's a certain amount of" traveling, nothing, and impotence in it, but it's better known for what the poet asks if it does. It might "stink like rotten meat," or "crust and sugar over," or "fester like a sore." It might sag "like a heavy load," or "dry up like a raisin in the sun." For 10 points, identify this common motif in "Harlem" and other Langston Hughes poems, which completes his question "What happens to..."
This entity has a boogie-woogie rumble that shows up after midnight, and the poet questions why it should be his in "Tell Me."
“a {dream deferred}”