SNGK B.Ed COLLEGEPOTHENCODE

NAME : DRISYA.G.NAIR

SUBJECT : ENGLISH

REGISTER NO. : 13382003

STANDARD : VIIIUNIT I : ON THE WINGS

OF WISHES

Topic : DreamsIssue : Human resource

managementSub issue : The importance of

hardwork and determination.

Here are some famous quotes on Dreams•“To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act”.•‘Hope is wakening Dream’•‘Dream Dream Dream’ Dreams transforms into thoughts

and thoughts result in action.

DREAMS

Langstor Hughes He is an American poet, novelist,

playwright, short story writer and columist.

About the poet

The poem tells about the importance of dreams in one’s

life. The poet describes the picture of the life with and

without dream.

INTRODUCTION

Hold fast to dreamsFor, if dreams die

Life is a broken winged birdThat cannot fly.

Let’s read the poem

Hold fast to dreams For, when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

Rhyming wordsDie – fly

Go – snow

Word pictures in the poem.

• Life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

• Life is a barren field frozen with snow.

1. Hold fast to dream ‘ implies’ what ?2. What does the poet compare life

without dreams in the first stanza? 3. What does the poet compare life

without dreams in the second stanza ?

Answer the Questions

Check your answer1.‘Hold fast to dreams’ implies that dreams vanish quickly. 2.Poet compare life without dream with a broken winged bird that cannot fly.3.Here, poet compare, life without dream with a barren field frozen with snow.

Write a poem on

your dream

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