3. LANSTON HUGHES (1902-
1967)
• Langston Hughes was born on 1
February 1902 in the USA
• He was best known for his poetry
• The Negro Speaks of Rivers, The
Weary Blues, Fine Clothes to the
Jew etc are his well known poems
• He passed away on May 22, 1967
4. Rhyming words
Rhyming words are words that
have the same ending sounds.
Examples of rhyming words are
cat, hat, bat, mat, fat and rat
5. Word picture
Word picture a vivid description in
writing.
Eg: a broken winged bird
a barren field with snow
6. WORD PICTURES IN THE
POEM DREAM
The broken winged bird that cannot fly
A barren field frozen with snow
7. HOLD FAST TO DREAMS
FOR, IF DREAMS DIE
LIFE IS A BROKEN-WINGED BIRD
THAT CANNOT FLY
The first stanza compares a life without dreams to a
"broken-winged bird." A broken-winged bird's life has no
purpose, much in the same way a life without dreams has
no purpose.
8. HOLD FAST TO DREAMS
FOR, WHEN DREAMS GO
LIFE IS A BARREN FIELD
FROZEN WITH SNOW
The second stanza compares a life without dreams
to a "barren field frozen with snow." A field is
created for the purpose of providing life. A barren
field does not fulfill its purpose. A life is created to
give and provide life to others. A life without
dreams does nothing.
11. MY DREAM
How I wish to be
A good cricketer !
How I wish to be
A good batsman!
But my friends.
Find no batsman
In a boy like me.
‘Tom, today you are the opener’
Said my teacher gently
I did open batting
Smartly did I score a fifty.
12. Slogan
There is nothing like a dream to create the
future
You have to dream before your dream can
come true
