A Comparison Of Poems Hold Fast To Dreams 'And Walter Dean Myers' Summer
Dreams by Langston Huges and Summer by Walter Dean Myers gives two different types of poems. The poem Dreams is in the ballad form and takes you to a sad place inside yourself as the reader. Summer is a free verse that gives you the sense of play and have nothing holding you back.
Dreams is a ballad because the writer uses repetative speech. "Hold fast to dreams" is an example of the repetative speech in the poem. Dreams gives the impression of sadness and cold. "Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" gives the reader the image of the broken winged bird unable to fly. "Life is a barren field frozen with snow" makes the reader think of a cold and dessolate field.
Summer is a free verse poem because the writer used rhyming but there
was no set structure or meter. This poem makes the reader feel like it is summer and they are children with no responsibility and able to play all day. "I like hot days, hot days sweat is what you got days" makes you think of a hot sun beating on your body and making you sweat. "Running and Ripping" makes you feel like you feel like you have nothing to do and you are able to just run and play.
Whether you associate with Huges and feel you need to hold onto your dreams or Myers where you feel the freedom of summer. Poetry can talk to the reader depending on the way they interpret it.
Dreams is a ballad because the writer uses repetative speech. "Hold fast to dreams" is an example of the repetative speech in the poem. Dreams gives the impression of sadness and cold. "Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" gives the reader the image of the broken winged bird unable to fly. "Life is a barren field frozen with snow" makes the reader think of a cold and dessolate field.
Summer is a free verse poem because the writer used rhyming but there
was no set structure or meter. This poem makes the reader feel like it is summer and they are children with no responsibility and able to play all day. "I like hot days, hot days sweat is what you got days" makes you think of a hot sun beating on your body and making you sweat. "Running and Ripping" makes you feel like you feel like you have nothing to do and you are able to just run and play.
Whether you associate with Huges and feel you need to hold onto your dreams or Myers where you feel the freedom of summer. Poetry can talk to the reader depending on the way they interpret it.