What is the theme of the poem "Dreams" by Langston Hughes?
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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.*
an empty field, frozen with snow
O
Don't be afraid of change.
O
Never give up on your dreams.
NE
O
Life is full of problems to solve.

In the first and fifth lines of the poem—"Hold fast to dreams"—the speaker uses a metaphor to compare dreams to something tangible, something to which a person could actually hold on tightly. Next, dreams are personified and given the human attribute of being able to die in the second line of the poem. In lines three and four, a metaphor compares life to "a broken-winged bird / That cannot fly": all of these devices portray dreams as something incredibly important, even absolutely vital, to one's ability to live a fulfilling life. Hughes suggests that a dream can permanently go away, that it can fatally, finally disappear. Then, it can leave a person like a bird without wings: going nowhere and unable to do what one is meant to do. Another metaphor compares life to "a barren field / Frozen with snow" (lines 7–8). Nothing grows in such a field, just like a person cannot grow, it seems, without dreams. Their life becomes empty and cold.

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