Irony in Yusef Komunyakaa's Facing It , Nikki Giovanni's Dreams and Langston Hughes A Dream Deferred .
This paper will discuss Irony in Yusef Komunyakaa's "Facing It", Nikki Giovanni's "Dreams" and Langston Hughes " A Dream Deferred", by analyzing the various seeming contradictions there will be an examination how they went about achieving this in their poetry. The meanings of the poems will be taken apart to find the symbolism in each. 5 pgs. Bibliography lists 5 sources.