Langston Hughes Renaissance Project by Emily https://padlet.com/juneblue1236/yrearte2vyza James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri in the early 1900's. Later in life he moved to New York and was part of the Harlem Renaissance as a poet, author, play-writer, and an all around legalistic artist. en-us 2015-01-14 00:43:46 UTC 2025-10-13 08:49:59 UTC hello@padlet.com http://d20uo2axdbh83k.cloudfront.net/20150114/802dce3410dcb5a86d893eb8b35110d4/6691_b_2440.jpg Author: juneblue1236 https://padlet.com/juneblue1236/yrearte2vyza/wish/46054098 Langston Hughes

]]> 2015-01-14 00:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/juneblue1236/yrearte2vyza/wish/46054098 Chosen Poem: juneblue1236 https://padlet.com/juneblue1236/yrearte2vyza/wish/46054121 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.

]]> 2015-01-14 00:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/juneblue1236/yrearte2vyza/wish/46054121 Theme: juneblue1236 https://padlet.com/juneblue1236/yrearte2vyza/wish/46054137 To never stop dreaming or lose sight of a dream. If you you dont know where you're going or what you want, how are you going to get it?

]]> 2015-01-14 00:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/juneblue1236/yrearte2vyza/wish/46054137 Authors Purpose: juneblue1236 https://padlet.com/juneblue1236/yrearte2vyza/wish/46054267

"To explain and illuminate the Negro

condition in America"

- Langston Hughes

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  • Personification
  • Metaphor
  • Slight hyperbole
    • ]]>     2015-01-14 01:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/juneblue1236/yrearte2vyza/wish/46055175     Evidence of Figurative Language: juneblue1236 https://padlet.com/juneblue1236/yrearte2vyza/wish/46055665
  • Slight Hyperbole:
    • "Life is a broken-winged 
    bird that can not fly"

    "Life is a barren field frozen with snow"
    • Metaphore:
    "Life is a broken-winged bird"

    "Life is a barren field"
    • Personification:

    "if dreams die"

    "if dreams go"

    ]]>     2015-01-14 01:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/juneblue1236/yrearte2vyza/wish/46055665     Evaluation on "Dreams" juneblue1236 https://padlet.com/juneblue1236/yrearte2vyza/wish/46056405 I give this poem a 3. "Dreams" wasn't much about oppression or racism, but about how to keep an open mind and to remember what you are striving for. It was also a bit to short for my liking.

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