Dreams, By Langston Hughes

Dreams is a poem by Langston Hughes advising people to hold onto their dreams. He demonstrates this with a rhyme scheme where the last word of every other line sounds alike. The metaphors used such as, "Life is a broken-winged bird" portray the struggles that we must face throughout our life.

The rhyming scheme Langston Hughes uses has a steady rhythm with the last word of every other line sounding alike. For instance, the second line of the poem "For if dreams die" rhymes with the fourth line of the poem, "That cannot fly" with die and fly sounding alike. This creates a dreamy feeling that supports the theme that he is trying to portray. The dreamlike feeling with the steady rhythm work simultaneous to convince the reader that there is a