Dream Variations By: Langston HughesTo fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun, To whirl and to dance Till the white day is done. Then rest at cool evening Beneath a tall tree While night comes on gently, Dark like me— That is my dream! To fling my arms wide In the face of the sun, Dance! Whirl! Whirl! Till the quick day is done. Rest at pale evening . . . A tall, slim tree . . . Night coming tenderly Black like me. |
In this poem the author, Langston Hughes, talks about how dreams have different variations of themselves and how dreams are like people. He does this by using figurative language to show that dreams are like people, no matter what type of dream it is. In this particular poem he uses similes, personification, and metaphors. Langston Hughes uses similes to compare his poem to him, specially his skin color. In the first stanza, he says how dreams are dark like him. This shows how he is comparing dreams to himself using like or as. This also has to do with the fact that he is tell his reader that dreams are like you. The poet also uses personification in this poem by making the dreams in his piece have human characteristics. He describes how they fling their arms wide and how they rest at night. Throughout the poem he describes how the dreams are similar to people, however he does not directly come out and say this. Additionally, Langston writes that they are like humans when he says how they lay down and move around all day, but he does not use the words “like” or “as”. By doing this he is trying to tell his reader how dreams are like you. In this piece, Langston Hughes uses figurative language to describe the dreams he is seeing and wants us to visualize.
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