Author: Hughes, Langston
Plot Summary: In the poem "Dreams," Langston Hughes metaphorically writes about what happens if a dream dies or goes. The poem can open up philosophical discussions about the importance of dreams and the different types of dreams students have.
Posted In: Metaphysics
Plot Summary: In the poem "Dreams," Langston Hughes metaphorically writes about what happens if a dream dies or goes. The poem can open up philosophical discussions about the importance of dreams and the different types of dreams students have.
Posted In: Metaphysics
Discussion Questions:
What are dreams?
What are some different kinds of dreams?
Is it important to have dreams?
What are ways that people can hold fast to dreams?
How could a dream die?
How could a dream go?
What are your dreams?
How do you hold fast to them?
Have you ever had a dream die?
Here is the poem:
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.
Contributed by Ruby Dawn Lyman
