WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST!! Read the following poem, Dreams, by Langston Hughes. Can you identify a metaphor in the poem?

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Dreams by Langston Hughes

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Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

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Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

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The poem contains structurally simple metaphors which follow the formula a is b. These can be found in both stanzas. The first contains this line:
Life is a broken-winged bird
While the second stanza contains the following line:
Life is a barren field

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1. What is this metaphor referring to in this poem?

2. How do these metaphors work in relation to the poem's title, "Dreams?"

3. How is this description different from saying simply that when dreams are unfulfilled life is difficult?

4. How is it different from saying that a life without dreams is like a broken-winged bird? Would using a simile rather than a metaphor negate or weaken Hughes' poem?

5. What makes this an effective metaphor and why?

"Life is a broken winged bird."

Explanation:

1. This metaphor is referring to our lives and how our dreams keep us flying, but dreams left alone cause us to crash (broken winged bird.)

2. Our dreams are the thing keeping us afloat and able to glide through life. Without dreams there is no hope, without hope, there is no life.

3. This is a more vivid image of our lives being meaningless and painful without our dreams.

4. This is again a more vivid image. Using a simile would indeed weaken Hughes poem because a metaphor is much more interesting and captiviating and makes you think of your own life.

5. This is an effective metaphor because of the pain behind the words and the depth of their meaning. "A broken winged bird" carries more weight then saying "our life without dreams is dead."

third person

explanation:

note the usage of names and pronouns, "james" & "the old man". this alone can confirm it as third person, as first person uses "i" and the like, while second person uses "you" and the like.

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