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I think that if I made two large circles that cross each other in the middle a little bit, like I did when I was comparing something when I was younger, all the sections would be pretty even. To start off with the similar things, the theme. The theme I choose was dreams, so of course all the poems i choose had to do something about dreaming. It was actually surprising to see all the different kinds of poems I found. I'd say I probably looked at at least 13 poems about dreams, until I found the three I choose. I was thinking that the poems would be a kind of fictitiousness setting of having everything perfect, the sky a vibrant blue, birds, green grass, everything perfect. But then i start reading through some poems, and especially my poems that I choose because they aren't really like perfect world at all. I think that is a major reason I choose them because it was outside of what I thought it was going to be so in a way it challenged me to think differently about them. Besides the themes being the same, the kind of sadness in each of the poems are the same. For example, if I had just won the lottery for some odd reason, I probably wouldn't go and directly read any of these poems because its just that kind of vibe of sadness and a hint of depression. Besides the word "dream" being written various times in each of the poems, I think there are many other reason's too. For example, if I were to take out all the "Dreams, Dreaming, and Dreamer" from the poems, I think I could still tell that it's about dreaming. I think that if a reader could do that with my poem, I would consider myself a successful poet because the reader understood what I was talking about. I also think that if you take a minute and read over the poems, and you had to guess a subject, I would have guessed a person, love, or dreams. I would have to say that "A Dream Deferred", by Langston Hughes, had the biggest effect on me. I think it was to a personal level and a general level. In general, I read this poem last year for English as well, while our class was watching "A Raisin in the Sun". So i think that is how I made my fist big connection to this poem because of the book and movie. I also like this poem because of the flow. When i read it in my head, or out loud, it has a nice flow to it. I like how the sentences aren't too long and there are six sentences in the whole poem. And most poems I have read in my life sometimes will only have one or two sentences, but I liked how this one had six. I also liked the ending of the poem. When I read it to myself, in a way, it kind of abruptly stopped, like I felt like there should be one more line. I also think this poem was most effective on me because of one line. "Or fester like a sore -- And then run?" I can relate to this more on a personal level because, for example in soccer, when ever you get a blister on your foot it can fester. And if you don't wrap it up and take care of it, it can effect how you play and it will hurt a lot. So I also think that can also be viewed as when you lose a dream and you don't let yourself heal properly, it will hurt more and start a chain reaction. Overall I choose "A Dream Deferred" as the poem that was more effective to me because I found various ways that I could relate to it, both on a general and personal level.