EXPLOSION!!!

The organization of "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes consists of 5 similes and 1 metaphor.  These analogies are set up in a way that the 5 similes, featured first, support the ending metaphor.  All of the 5 similes include negative imagery.  They appeal to the reader's senses, giving the impression that deferring a dream is not the wisest decision.  "Does it stink like rotten meat? (line 6)."  The author doesn't ask if it blooms into a beautiful flower.  These 5 similes all lead up to the final metaphor in all its italicized glory.  "Or does it explode? (11)."  I think that this line is stressed by the italics for a reason.  It shows that a dream deferred, while left forgotten, at first only "begins to stink."  It causes maybe minor problems, as the glory of the dream is not realized.  Ultimately, however, the dream must reach its potential, because it still exists.  This causes the "explosion."  If you apply this poem to segregation or slavery in the U.S.  The deferred dream of ending these cruel establishments resulted in the clashes of the Civil War and violence in the Civil Rights Movement.  These sorts of violent crashes are the explosions that Hughes is talking about.