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Passing Summary
Those who have escaped Harlem and fulfilled their "bitter dream" miss the Harlem of Hughes' description.
Passing Analysis
This poem is about the double-bind of Harlem's inhabitants who long to escape its impoverished confines but whose "bitter dream" requires they force an assimilation with a culture not their own.
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