​"Dreams" and "Freedom" by Langston Hughes

​"Dreams" and "Freedom"
by Langston Hughes

Multiple Choice

What is the theme of a poem?

• How the poem makes the reader feel

• The topic that the poem is about

• The message or the lesson of the poem

• The author's attitude towards the subject matter

Multiple Choice

A theme is written as:

• One word

• A complete sentence

• A question

• A few words

Freedom

Freedom will not come

Today, this year

            Nor ever

Through compromise and fear.

 

I have as much right

As the other fellow has

            To stand

On my two feet

And own the land.

 

I tire so of hearing people say,

Let things take their course.

Tomorrow is another day.

I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.

I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.

            Freedom

            Is a strong seed

            Planted

            In a great need.

            I live here, too.

            I want my freedom

            Just as you.   

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the first stanza?

"Freedom will not come

Today, this year

            Nor ever

Through compromise and fear."

• Freedom will never come. It's impossible.

• Freedom can't be earned by sitting back in fear.

• Freedom is possible, but it is scary.

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is in this line?

 

"Freedom

            Is a strong seed

            Planted

            In a great need."

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Which best describes the theme of the poem?

• Freedom.

• People are in need of freedom.

• Freedom is important and must be fought for, before it is too late.

• Freedom will not come this year or ever.

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.

Multiple Choice

Which best describes the theme of this poem?

• Follow your dreams, because they make life worth living.

• The author is having nightmares.

• Hold on to your dreams before it starts to snow.

• If you don't have dreams, you will die.

Multiple Choice

"Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly."

"Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow."

These are both examples of:

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor