In one poem, this author asks, "can you love a monster of frightening name?" before advising the reader to kill the title creature to "let his soul run wild." This man penned "Genius Child" and discussed a woman who contrasts her life with a "crystal stair" in "Mother to Son." He wondered whether a certain thing crusts and sugars over "like a syrup
In one poem, this author asks, "can you love a monster of frightening name?" before advising the reader to kill the title creature to "let his soul run wild." This man penned "Genius Child" and discussed a woman who contrasts her life with a "crystal stair" in "Mother to Son." He wondered whether a certain thing crusts and sugars over "like a syrupy sweet" or whether it explodes. Though he declared that "I, too, sing America," he also speculated that some hopes "dry up like a raisin in the sun." For 10 points, identify this poet whose "soul has grown deep like the rivers," who wrote about "a dream deferred" in "Harlem."
In one poem, this author asks, "can you love a monster of frightening name?" before advising the reader to kill the title creature to "let his soul run wild."
James Mercer Langston Hughes 