Author: Hughes, Langston
Plot Summary: In the poem "Dreams," Langston Hughes metaphorically writes about what happens if a dream dies or goes. The poem can open up philosophical discussions about the importance of dreams and the different types of dreams students have.
Posted In: Metaphysics

Discussion Questions

What are dreams?

What are some different kinds of dreams?

Is it important to have dreams?

What are ways that people can hold fast to dreams?

How could a dream die?

How could a dream go?

What are your dreams?

How do you hold fast to them?

Have you ever had a dream die?

Here is the poem:

Dreams
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.

Contributed by Ruby Dawn Lyman