'Dreams' von Langston Hughes Analyse

[dennis_4a6fdf]

Guten Abend,
ich habe soeben eine kurze Analyse zu „Dreams“ von Langston Hughes angefertigt und bevor ich diese bei meinem Englischlehrer abgebe, würde ich mich freuen wenn Ihr mal einen Blick drauf werft. Bin für jeden Tipp aber auch für Kritik dankbar

„Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
that cannot fly
Hold fast to dreams.
For if dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.“ (Langston Hughes)

The poem „Dreams“ was written by Langston Hughes and deals with the connection between life an dreams.
The structure is arranged in eight lines which form two sentences and one stanza.
There is no typical rhyme scheme, only the second and third line rhyme and the fifth and the seven line ryhme. This has a feeling of confusion to the reader.

The poem is told by a omniscient narrator, who uses different stylistic devices to explain the message of this poem.

We can find a parallelism in line one and five: “Hold fast to dreams”
The author uses imperative
to give more value to his advice and because it is repeated.
it shows how important it is to follow his counsel.

Two other stylistic devices can be found in line three and seven.
First the metaphor “broken-winged bird”(line 3), which symbolize the importance of dreams.
A bird can’t survive with broken wings and according to this, nobody could survive without dreams.
The second metaphor “barren field” (line 8) has the same meaning.
A barren field which is frozen with snow is “dead”, because no life could exist or grow on such a ground. So the last sentence
“For if dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow” (line 6-8)
shows that there is no chance to live without any dreams.

In my opinion the author Langston Hughes shows the priority of dreaming in a very good way. Especially the metaphor in line three gave me the feeling that it is true what he wrote. A bird with broken wings could live but only in an endless sadness. There is no way to hope for better days. The result is, that we really need dreams to survive.

Thank you

[Sandra56_2bf0bd]

Grüß’ dich dennis,
nur ein paar Hinweise zum evtl Verbessern derInterpretation:
„The structure is arranged“ kann man so nicht lassen: The poem/the text ist arranged…(DAS ist ja die Struktur)
the second line rhymes with the fourth and the sixth with the eighth line.
Da doch eine Art rhyme scheme da ist, kann man meines Erachtens nicht von confusion sprechen.Auch heißt es „to give a feeling“.
Vielleicht: The rhymes indicate that the lines which rhyme are more closely connected. The abilty to fly stands in contrast to „die“…
„tell“ und „omniscient narrator“ sind Begriffe, die nur für narrative Texte, Romane oder Kurzgeschichten angewandt werden. Hier"poet". The poet/Langston Hughes uses different stylistic devices in his poem.
We can find parallelism in line one and five: “Hold fast to dreams”

The author uses the imperative and a repetition in order to

emphasize/stress/underline/underscore his advice and to show how important it is to follow his counsel.

Two other stylistic devices can be found in line three and
seven.
First the metaphor “broken-winged bird”(line 3), which
symbolize the importance of dreams.
A bird can’t survive with broken wings and according to this,
nobody can survive without dreams.
The second metaphor “barren field” (line 8) has the same
meaning.
A barren field which is frozen with snow is “dead”, because no
life could exist or grow on such a ground. So the last sentence
“For if dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow” (line 6-8)
shows that there is no chance to live without any dreams.

In my opinion the author Langston Hughes shows the priority of
dreaming in a very good way. Especially the metaphor in line
three gave me the feeling that it is true what he wrote. A
bird with broken wings can only live in an endless
sadness. There is no way to hope for better days. The result
is, that we really need dreams to survive.

Man könnte noch vieles zu diesem Gedicht sagen - aber ich bin müde und nicht mehr richtig fit. Es muss ja auch zu deinen sonstigen schriftlichen Aufgaben passen. In welcher Jahrgangstufe wurde dieses Gedicht behandelt. Schätze mal 11 oder 12?
Sorry wg. der Tippfehler. Bin, wie gesagt, nicht mehr so wach.
Sandra

[klastic_0e7538]

Hallo,

rein sprachliche Anmerkungen (keine zum Gedicht selbst):

The poem „Dreams“ was written by Langston Hughes and deals
with the connection between life an d dreams.
The structure is arranged in eight lines which form two
sentences and one stanza.

eine Struktur kann nicht arrangiert sein, also entweder:
The structure is eight lines
oder besser
The poem is arranged in eight lines (oder verses) …

There is no typical rhyme scheme, only the second and third
line rhyme and the fifth and the seven th line ryhme.

„verse“ ist besser als „line“, verse ist hier nicht als Vers=Strophe zu verstehen

This has a
feeling of confusion to the reader.

This leaves a feeling of conf. with the reader.
This creates a feeling … with the reader.

The poem is told by a n omniscient narrator, who uses different
stylistic devices to explain the message of this poem.

We can find a parallelism in line one and five: “Hold fast to
dreams”

parallel oder parallelism ? Sei sicher, was du sagen willst.

The author uses imperative

… uses the imperative form …
ODER
… uses an imperative …

to give more value to his advice and because it is repeated.

to add more weight to his advice, even more so because it is repeated.

it shows how important it is to follow his counsel.

Two other stylistic devices can be found in line three and
seven.
First the metaphor “broken-winged bird”(line 3), which
symbolize the importance of dreams.
A bird can’t survive with broken wings and according to this,
nobody could survive without dreams.

can survive

The second metaphor “barren field” (line 8) has the same
meaning.
A barren field which is frozen with snow

frozen in snow

is “dead”, because no
life could exist or grow on such a ground.

can exist

So the last
sentence
“For if dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow” (line 6-8)
shows that there is no chance to live without any dreams.

without dreams (leave out „any“).

In my opinion the author Langston Hughes shows the priority of
dreaming in a very good way.

Ein typischer Gedichtinterprationssatz.
In my op. the auth. LH shows the priority of dreaming. / …LH illustriates the priority of dreaming.

Especially the metaphor in line
three gave me the feeling that it is true what he wrote.
A bird with broken wings could live but only in an endless
sadness.

only in endless sadness.

There is no way to hope for better days. The result
is, that we really need dreams to survive.

kein Komma oder:
The conclusion is that we need dreams to survive.
As a result dreams are essential for survival.

Cheers,

Elke