Question

"Dream"

by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

1. What feelings or emotions are associated with the poem?
2. What do you see literally happening in the poem
3. What image was called to mind by the poem? Explain it briefly.
4. What memory does the poem call to mind – of people, places, events, sights, smells, or even of something more ambiguous, perhaps feelings or attitudes?
5. What is the most important word or phrase in the poem? Why?
6. What sort of person do you imagine the speaker of the poem to be?
7. Does this poem call to mind any other literary work (poem, play, film, story)?
8. What is the connection you see between the two?

Answer 1

All emotions are being rushed through the readers brain to show a sense of empathy.

The language used is contrasting each other as He goes on to say

"Hold fast to dreams" to "Frozen with snow"

Fast and frozen contrast each other