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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?

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