reams and Dream Deferred poems are both similar and different at the same time. Some of the similarities are that both the poems have the same topic of what is going to happen if dreams are lost or not taken in action. Another similarity is that it is direct to the audience and tells us how valuable dreams are to us. Also, the poems tell us what happens/describing the loss of dreams, for example, is dreams “Life is a broken-winged bird” and in Dreams Deferred “ or fester like a sore.” Finally, both use alliteration, Dreams “dreams die” and for Dreams Deferred “ syrupy sweet.” The difference in both poems is that for the poem Dreams you would have to say that theme is dreams come with consequences and for Dream Deferred, be attentive to your