The document summarizes Langston Hughes' poem "Dreams" and provides context about the poet. It discusses key elements of the poem like its metaphor that life without dreams is like a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. It also notes that Hughes was an influential African American poet and leader during the Harlem Renaissance. The document then briefly outlines poetic devices used in the poem, such as metaphor, rhyming words, and word picture.

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3. POWER POINT PRESENTATION
by
ANJALI.S SHAJI
ENGLISH
13352001

4. DREAMS
By LANGSTON HUGHES

5. DREAMS
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

6. LANGSTON HUGHES
Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was
an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright,
and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of
the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes
is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He
famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in
vogue", which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem
was in vogue".[1]
The Weary Blues, Knopf, 1926
Fine Clothes to the Jew, Knopf, 1927
The Negro Mother and Other Dramatic
Recitations, 1931
Dear Lovely Death, 1931
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems, Knopf,
1932

7. POETIC DEVICE

8. METAPHOR
Metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by
asserting that it is on some point of comparison the
same as another otherwise unrelated objects.
EG: Life is a broken-winged bird.

9. RHYMING WORD
A rhyming word is a repetition of similar sounds in two
or more words.
Eg: die-fly
Go-snow

10. WORD PICTURE
Broken-winged bird

11. What do you meant by hold fast
to dreams?
Pursue your dreams

12. How do dreams die?
Dreams may die if we don’t hold fast to them.

13. ASSIGNMENT
Write a description about one of your dreams

14. THANKS