Langston Hughes Dreams

How do the poems (1)What Happens to a Dream Deferred? and (2) Dreams contrast?

• the first has similes, the second has metaphors

• the first has metaphors, the second has similes

• the first has figurative language but the second doesn't

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6.5.i

What is the rhyme scheme ?

• ABCD

• ABCB

• ABBA

• ACDC

What does the phrase "hold fast" mean in the poem, "Dreams"?

• run from

• try to

• hang on to

• forget

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6.5.e

What is the effect of repetition in the poem, "Dreams"?

• To emphasize that you should really hold on to your dreams and chase them.

• To tell the reader that dreams always try and get away

• To make up lines in the poem

• The poet couldn't think of any other line

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6.5.e

Or crust and sugar over— Like a syrupy sweet? What is the significance of the of the comparison the speaker is making in these lines?

• Sweets taste good just as dreams make people feel good.

• Sweets that sit out too long go bad, just like unfulfilled dreams.

• Sweets that aren’t eaten go bad, just like unrealistic dreams.

• Sweets are an indulgence just as great dreams are.

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6.5.h

In the poem, the most appropriate synonym for "dream" is?

• a) memory

• b) wish

• c) goal

• d) fantasy

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6.4.b

How would "Dream Deferred" be different if it were written in first-person narrative instead of as a poem?

• The reader may not like the poem at all.

• The reader may not feel as free to experience their own emotions as

  Intensely as the author's.

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6.5.g

What term could be used to describe the mood in A Dream Deferred?

• dismal

• optimistic

• spontaneity

• hopeful

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6.5.e

Which of the following lines of poetry shows alliteration?

• Hold fast to dreams

• Or does it explode?

• That cannot fly.

• like a syrupy sweet?

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6.4.d

What is the central theme of Langston Hughes' poem 'Dreams'?

• A) The importance of holding onto dreams

• B) The inevitability of dreams fading away

• C) The joy of achieving dreams

• D) The fear of dreaming