How do the similes that the speaker uses throughout the poem contribute to the negative tone of deferred
poem: does it dry up like a raisin? 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 says like a heavy load or does it explode? * fester- become worse

the answer is slaves

douglas was a slave who turned into a statesman and he refused to celebrate the 4th of july until all slaves were emancipated or set free.

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his tongue, i believe, was bloody and hanging out of his mouth.

he looked as if he were hungry.

he has several wolf-like qualities; a gray coat, sharp claws and yellow fangs.

those eyes made me feel, dear reader, like the end was near.

as i reached for a stick, he moved to the other side of the hill.

panting and hungry, he looked at me, a defenseless human and he snarled.

well i said my prayers, however, he simply turned and limped off.