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What type of figurative language does Langston Hughes’ poem, “Dreams” use?
A
onomatopoeia
B
simile
C
metaphor
D
hyperbole
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In “Dreams, ” Langston Hughes develops his central metaphor in two ways. He compares life without dreams to a broken-winged bird that cannot fly and to a barren field frozen with snow. Since the images are so plain and concrete, the metaphor is clear: life without dreams is no good.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Hold fast” indicates that one should hold firmly to dreams and never let go. Also, “Hold fast” demonstrates to the reader that one can touch and seize dreams. Another example, in line two, the author writes, “For if dreams die, ” Hughes gives dreams value and existence through personification.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the poem “dream” by Langston Hughes, Langsthon uses metaphors, personification and idioms. Hughes used the literary devices to get to the theme “keep aiming for your dreams.” In the line ” Life is a broken winged bird”, Hughes used a metaphor. What he meant is that life I pointless without dreams.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: “Dreams” by Langston Hughes is a two-stanza poem with an ABCB rhyme scheme that highlights the value of “dreams” by presenting two situations that revolve around the loss of those “dreams.

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