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.
-Langston Hughes
In this poem Hughes explains that life is meaningless without dreams. He compares life without dreams to a bird with broken wings, sad and pointless. He goes on to say that you must "Hold fast to dreams" because without them; "Life is a barren field / Frozen with snow." Nothing can grow in a empty frozen field.
HR Theme:
-Determination to fight against oppression: Langston Hughes wants negros to dream, and let their dreams live. This idea is present throughout the entire poem
In this poem Hughes explains that life is meaningless without dreams. He compares life without dreams to a bird with broken wings, sad and pointless. He goes on to say that you must "Hold fast to dreams" because without them; "Life is a barren field / Frozen with snow." Nothing can grow in a empty frozen field.
HR Theme:
-Determination to fight against oppression: Langston Hughes wants negros to dream, and let their dreams live. This idea is present throughout the entire poem
ooooh I like your background! I think that this was a good poem to choose too because it really represents African American struggle throughout the Harlem Renaissance
ReplyDeletei'm not sure how this shows how dreaming fights oppression?
ReplyDelete(and i like your background, too!)