In the poem by, Langston Hughes, “Dream Variations” Hughes applies the technique of imagery heavily. None of the lines of the excerpt are “extra” or do not serve a purpose to the theme of the poem. The overall theme of the poem has to do with the race issues of the times because of his mentions of “the white day” and “Night comes on gently- dark like me”. His words are not concreate at all they do give off a poetic tone to them. The mood he wrote them with is one of trying to make the reader realize that he is full of hope that one day, when “the white day is done” (or when he and his race won’t be made to seem like a parasite by the white people and society) they won’t have to fight so hard to be respected. In this short excerpt Hughes speaks
