Read the following poem “Harlem: A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes and answer the question that follows.


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?


What is this poem’s rhyme scheme?

A.

ABCDEFGHIJJ

B.

ABCCDDEEFFG

C.

ABCDCEFEGHH

D.

ABCDCDEFEFF