Langston Hughes Poems

In "Dreams", what two things is he comparing life to?

• a broken-winged bird

• a barren field

• dreams

• frozen snow

Compare the tone of the poems "Dreams" and "Harlem".

• Dreams is encouraging while Harlem is disheartening.

• Dreams is joyful while Harlem is angsty.

• Harlem joyful while Dreams is angsty.

• Harlem is encouraging while Dreams is disheartening.

In “Words Like Freedom,” which two feelings are expressed?

• courage and wonder

• happiness and pride

• sadness and frustration

• joy and sadness

Which of the two poems mainly uses metaphors?

• Dreams

• Harlem

This poet wrote many poems during the Harlem Renaissance. Early innovator of the literary art form called jazz poetry.

• Chubby Checker

• Christopher Pike

• Langston Hughes

• Edgar Allen Poe

One of the most famous American poets of all-time, he infused jazz and blues rhythms into much of his work.

• Duke Ellington

• Cab Calloway

• Louis Armstrong

• Langston Hughes

The poem has all of the following forms of figurative language except. . .

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.

• personification 

• metaphor 

• simile

• repetition

Which probably had the most influence on Hughes's poems?

• Mexico

• jazz

• nature

• Paris

Hughes usually wrote poetry...

• carelessly

• painfully

• quickly

• slowly

Hughes gave poetry readings because....

• Mrs. Charlotte Mason asked him to

• his publisher asked him to

• he could earn money and continue to write

• he could earn money and no longer have to write