In the poem “Dreams” by Langston Hughes, I feel like the speaking is trying to say that we should not give up and always try to achieve our dreams. Never let go of your dreams, hopes and aspirations, even if you may get lost along the way. The poet uses two significant metaphors and personification to point this out. Personifying dreams to be dead or gone, it symbolizes that if that happens, they would be missed and mourned. The poet compares life with dead dreams to a broken-winged bird that cannot fly (stanza 1). He also compares life with lost or gone dreams to an empty field, cold and useless (stanza 2). He is saying that a life without hopes and dreams is empty, sad and lacks motivation.
I chose this poem because when I first read it,
I chose this poem because when I first read it,