Poetry Response - "Dreams" by Langston Hughes

"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. "

      The poem that I chose to respond to is "Dreams" by Langston Hughes. This poem is about how you should never give up on your dreams, because if you do, life is depressing and dull. I like this poem because I like the comparison of hope and a bird. I think that they are very similar in some ways. They are both very delicate creatures. He says that without hope, life is like a broken winged bird and a frozen barren field. I think that this mean that without hope, life is broken and sad. And with hope, you can "fly" meaning that you can do great things if you have hope and you don't give up.
      I think that Langston Hughes wrote this poem because he wanted to tell people to have hope and to never give up because without hope, life is depressing. This poem kind of reminds me of a quote that says, "When the world says: "give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time"". This is what I think that Langston Hughes is kind of trying to say. Even if the world is against you, and you want to give up, you should keep trying because without hope, life would be really sad for you.

The first picture that I drew is about what life would be like if you have hope. It is a picture of a bird flying and on its wing, it says hope. If you have hope, you can fly and do great things. But the other picture is what life would be like it you didn't have hope. Like it says in the poem, I drew a picture of a bird with a broken wing and scattered around it are the remains of the word hope, but the letters are broken.

Sources:

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dreams-2/