The document provides biographical information about American poet Langston Hughes and analyzes his poem "Dreams." It notes Hughes' birth year, nationality, occupation, and awards. It then shares the full text of "Dreams" and defines some of the poetic terms used. Questions are posed about comparisons made in the poem between life without dreams and a broken bird or barren field. The document concludes by asking the reader to write an appreciation and profile of Langston Hughes and his poem "Dreams."

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3. Langston Hughes

5. Born : 1902
Nationality:American
Occupation: poet, novelist, playwright
Awards:Order of ArtsAnd Letters(1999)
Died:1967

6. 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.

7. Broken - /brᴐkᵊn/ - damaged
Barren - /bᴂrᵊn/ - useless
Frozen - /frᴐzᵊn/ - to become hard
because of
extreme cold

8. 1. What does the poet compare life without
dreams in the first stanza?
2. What does he compare it to in the last
stanza?
3. What are the peculiarities of ‘broken-winged
bird’?

9. 1. In the first stanza the poet compares life
with out dreams to a broken winged bird.
2. In the last stanza the poet compares life
without dreams to a barren field.
3. A broken winged bird cannot fly.

10.  Metaphor: Metaphor is an implied simile.
eg: “Life is a broken- winged bird”

11.  Write an appreciation of the poem ‘Dreams’.

12.  About the poet – theme and summary of the
poem – poetic devices – overall impression.

13.  Write a profile of ‘Langhston Hughes’.