Poetry PEA

"Dreams"

by Langston Hughes
First, there is repetition like “Hold fast to dreams”. That could make this sentence’s meaning stronger. Author shows idea through this sentence, tells readers to follow their own dream, don’t lost the chance. Second, there are alliterations like “dreams” and “die” or “broken” and “bird”. It makes whole poem more musical and easier to read. Finally, there are metaphors like “For if dreams die” connect dreams and animal, “Life is a broken-winged bird” connect life and broken winged bird or “Life is a barren field/ Frozen with snow” connect life and barren field. It uses this way to show the idea make the poem easier to understand and make it more beautiful. Additionally, the author use “broken-winged bird” and “barren field” to show when we don’t have dream, there is no hope for our life. In the whole poem, there is elements as repetition, alliteration and metaphor to make this poem powerful.