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In the line “boogie-woogie rumble/ of a dream deferred” from Langston Hughes poem “dream boogie” what does the term boogie-woogie refer to?

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I think the term "boogie-woogie" refers to the sound of a postponed dream, like an unidentified fear that's preventing you from doing something. 
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