dreams by Langston hughes

Langston Hughes 

DREAMS

 James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an 

American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin Missouri 

he wrote much about political conditions and American-African conditions 

during that time period, he was very much politically active and 

usually represented it in his poetries  

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.

Explanation -

Here Hughes write about necessity of dreaming about future here he shows

  his optimistic side and also suggest that without dreaming about good 

things in future one cannot achieve it.

Hope by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886)

 was an american poetess her poetry is deeply influenced by poets such as William Wordsworth 

and Ralph Waldo Emerson her poetry like Wordsworth show keen 

understanding and respect towards nature. she also was quite learned in 

psalms and religious hymns and used them quite

extraordinarily in her poems. 

"Hope" is the thing with feathers

Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune without the words,

And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;

And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little bird

That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,

And on the strangest sea;

Yet, never, in extremity,

It asked a crumb of me.

              Explanation

              here in this poem emily has tried to compare hope with 

              a bird according to emily  hope is essential part of ones soul 

              which usually helps him to over come difficult times

               and inspite of all odds motivates one for better.