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In the line "boogie-woogie rumble / Of a dream deferred" from Langston Hughes's poem "Dream Boogie," what does the term boogie-woogie refer to? A) a style of jazz developed in Harlem

B) a Harlem dance craze

C) an unidentified fear, or "boogie man"

D) the bamboula

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The question ask to choose among the following choices the best option that described the term boogie-woogie in the poem "Dream Boogie" and the best answer among them is in letter A. a style of jazz developed in Harlem. I hope you are satisfied with my answer and feel free to ask for more 
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The correct answer is:

A) a style of jazz developed in Harlem

This poem is about a boy who asks whether you have heard the boogie-woogie rumble of a dream deferred. If we go to the third word of the first line "daddy" is how we can determine that the term boogie-woofie refers to a style of jazz developed in Harlem. "Daddy" is refering to "daddy-o" a term that was used in the jazz era. That's how it could be easily recognized.

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