This essay was written in 2016 as a response for a poem entitled Dreams by Langston Hughes that can be read here: https://poets.org/poem/dreams
Poetry is
not something that I fancy, because I think it is hard to find a remarkable one.
But, I do enjoy reading a pile of poems sometimes, whenever I feel the need to
find someone who could speak all of my emotions into beautiful words.
Unfortunately, I do not find the poem from last session is interesting at all,
but aside from it I am going to scrutinize it into five; sound, meanings,
repetition, patterns of discourse, and figurative language, to see the overall aspects
of the poem.
Sound
talks about the matter of how the words of the poem talk to the readers, and
there are many devices such as rhythms and rhymes. There are only little rhymes
that I could find on the poem such as die
and fly, and go and snow. Regarding to
the rhythms, I could barely find one not because of the poem, but honestly
because I do not really get how it works and how to find one.
Meaning
is another important aspect of a poem, regardless of how there are various
interpretations for every reader; we can see it from its connotative and
denotative meanings. The poem mainly uses connotative words such as the words
such as fly, hold fast, with metaphors that I am going to write later. There is
barely denotative word inside the poem.
Repetition
is something that is highlighted throughout this poem. There are two stanzas
with “hold fast to dreams”, two words “for”, and two “life is a”. The whole
poems are basically made up of those repetitions.
Patterns
of discourse are something that I could not understand. I do not get how and
what are actually patterns of discourse of a poem. With that being said, I
could not write any thoughts of patterns of discourse from the poem.
Figurative
language is another aspect that builds the poem, such as metaphors, simile, and
personification. “Life is a broken-winged bird” and “Life is a barren field”
are two metaphors contained. There is also personification in “For if dreams
die” and “For when dreams go”. For the aspect of simile, the poem does not use
any of it.
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