Worksheets'Dreams' by Langston Hughes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the theme of the poem?
Dreams can be frightening
Snow can be barren
Being unable to fly is hard
Dreams are important
How many stanzas are there?
1
3
2
4
How many lines does the poem have?
10
8
6
12
This is the first four lines of the poem.
What is the rhyme scheme ?
ABCD
ABCB
ABBA
ACDC
Which of these lines shows how the poet feels about life without dreams?
"life is a barren field frozen with snow"
"when dreams go"
"hold fast to dreams"
"for if dreams die"
What does the phrase "hold fast" mean in the poem?
run from
try to
hang on to
forget
"Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly"
Is an example of which figure of speech?
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
What do you think the poet wants us to learn from this poem?
To take care of birds and other creatures
That life is sad and we cannot have hope
That dreams are for people, not birds
To always hold on to our dreams
Which line in the poem is repeated?
For if dreams die
Hold fast to dreams
Life is a broken-winged bird
Frozen with snow
What is the effect of repetition in the poem?
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
