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I think Langston is talking about how he wants to be in a place of peace a place he wants to be. Also he is talking about the "white day" maybe how he wants that day to be over and his day starts.

This poem is showing us how he connects nature to the American discrimination. Langston in his poem "Dream Variations" said "Rest at pale evening . . . A tall, slim tree . . . Night coming tenderly Black like me." He is telling us that in the evening it is pale and dull. But in the night it is a time to think about how we should accept these people.

Sophie and I read a poem called "Dream Variations" by Langston Hughes. This poem expresses his desire to feel equal and free. In the first stanza, Hughes talks about his dream to dance and play until the day is done. One thing he says is, "To fling my arms wide/ In some places of the sun". When he says, "To whirl and to dance/Till the white day is done", Hughes implies that he is controlled by whites. We also know that these are a man's dreams for freedom because it states, "Night coming tenderly/Black like me". So we think that Hughes is confined and wants to live a more free life.

The two poems can relate to eachother because both are talking about dreams. They are both talking about how they have dreams about rights and in "Dream Variations" it seems like hes talking about how he as an African American, doesn't have many rights. Although they are 20 years apart, they still have the same idea, dreams.

Comparing this poem with "Harlem" by Langston Hughes, I noticed that over a nearly 20 year difference, over the years his vocabulary became more basic. He still has the same rhyming scheme comparing these lines "To fling my arms wide In some place of the sun, To whirl and to dance Till the white day is done." And " Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore- And then run?" With that A, B, C, B. The other similarity is the message, his poems bring a message about resilience, and about not giving up for achieving his goal of equality.

Both poems both "Dream Variations" and "Dreams" are both taqlking about how sad it was around that time and it was is a sad day when he grows up becuase he says he is loosing sight of his dreams. It connects to "Dream Variations" because he is talking about a sad day and in "Dreams" he is saying how sad it was loosing his dreams.

Even though these poems were almost 30 years apart they have the same idea. They both see the daylight as a time for white but that the night is a time for black people to come out and show that being racist is wrong

In the poems "Dreams" and "As I Grew Older" by Langston Hughes, they are both about dreams. In the poem "Dreams it shows that without dreams, life would "life would be a broken winged bird that cannot fly", and in "As I Grew Older' he is trying to break through the barrier of race, and the wall that he describes is the thing holding him back from his dream.

I read "Dream Variations" and "Harlem (Dream Deferred)" by Langston Hughes. These poems were written 19 years apart, one at the very beginning of Hughes career and the other well into it. These poems are both about being persistent with his dreams. In "Harlem (Dream Deferred)" he ponders "What happens to a dream deferred?/ Does it dry up/ like a raisin in the sun". He explains how that if the African Americans of Harlem give up on their dreams then they cannot achieve greatness. He explains a similar topic in "Dream Variations" when he says "To fling my arms wide/In someplace in the sun".

The poem "Dreams" By Langston Hughes is about living without dreams. It says that "For if dreams die/Life is a broken-winged bird/ That cannot fly." This seems to say that if your dreams do not turn out the way you wanted, or are unable to be completed, then you miss out on the best part of life. "For when dreams go/ Life is a barren field/ Frozen with snow." This seems to say that without dreams, life is uneventful and boring, not really worth living. Without hopes for the future, you won't experience life as it's meant to be. -Molly J and Kayla M.

"Dreams" By Langston Hughes is about failing to accomplish your dreams and living the rest of your life with regret.

The poem "Dreams",and the poem "As I Grew Older" By Langston Hughes Both have a motive of hope and not losing something you dream of. They also both talk about being separated from their dreams. In "As I Grew Older" their is a wall. I believe the sun represents his dream and the wall is him being African American and not being able to follow his dreams and be a free citizen. In "dreams" He is warning people who are going through tough times that they always has to stick to what he believe in.

"Dreams" by Langston Hughes compared to "As I Grew Older" was like past and present. First, in dreams, he speaks of having dreams escape from you, but then he warns you of other people taking your dreams away from you. As I grew older was first so his ideas changed, but the topic was still the same. He says that you have to stick to what you believe in, and in As I Grew Older, he says you have to fight for what you believe in or else you might not get your dreams.

The poem "Democracy" by Langston Hughes has a negative view towards America because Hughes talkes about how he is all alone in America. He talks about that he has himself to depend on and no one else. "Acceptance" by Hughes is positive towards America because he talks about how God made each of us wise. He says in some words that America is what you make it.

This poem is from later in Langston Hughes's career - around 1951.

So we think that this poem is about how Langston Hughes had a dream to be able to bridge the gap between the racial divide and in many ways he did succeed in doing this but he also needed the support and assistance from the other black African Americans to be able to fully succeed in his dream he says this by saying to them that he needs help to shatter the darkness, so to fully accomplish his goal he needs the help from other African americans.

" As I grew older" by Langston Hughes shows how public opinions can keep people from being who they want to be. He says in the poem " It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream." He had almost lost hope on his dream because a wall grew between him and his dream. He states " The wall. Shadow. I am black." By this I think he means it figuratively and literally, he is dark skin and therefore, not permitted to chase his dream. But because of his determination, he breaks the wall and soon the bright light of dreams are on him once again. I don't believe that he has one specific dream, but only wants to be able to dream dreams.

One Friday Morning by Langston Hughes is very similar to How it Feels to be Coldered Me by Zora Neale Houston because the main characters feel discriminated at first, but realized that they shouldnt worry about it. Zora says, "Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me. ". She doesnt feel the need to get mad over what other people think. Nancy Lee in One Friday Morning is upset at first but realizes she doesnt need to be. "​One hand went to the heart, the other outstretched toward the flag. Three thousand voices spoke. Among them was the voice of a dark girl whose cheeks were suddenly wet with tears, "...one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." "That is the land we must make," she thought." She knows that she can make a change and diesnt need to worry about what other people think. They csn both change lives and be themselves.

"How It Feels to Be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston is about Hurston's experience with being African American and how it can affect your life. Hurston writes; "At certain times I have no race, I am me." She knows that when people treat her like any other person, black or white, they are looking at her as a person. They are not judging her appearance, they are looking at her personality. A similar concept is written in "One Friday Morning" by Langston Hughes, Hughes creates a character that is nearly perfect as well as African American. The main character, Nancy Lee, is almost never judged by the pigment of her skin because she is a kind, caring and hard working person.

In Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech "I Have A Dream", he describes a dream that even today is inspiring. He describes a dream where his children "will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." The description of his dream, of people living in equality reminds me much of the dream that Mrs. O'Shay describes in "One Friday Morning", a dream of a world where students receive awards and scholarships no matter the color of their skin. As Mrs. O'Shay says, "We still have in this world of ours democracy to make. You and I, Nancy Lee. But the premise and the base are here, the lines of the Declaration of Independence and the words of Lincoln are here, and the stars in our flag."

Zora Neale Hurston wrote a short story called "How It Feels to Be Me" where she talked about some of the experiences she had during her life in Eatonville, Florida. In the book she talks about how Eatonville is an all African American town and how most people would be afraid of the white people from the north. Her is how Zora thought of them, "They liked to hear me "speak pieces" and sing and wanted to see me dance the parse-me-la, and gave me generously of their small silver for doing these things, which seemed strange to me for I wanted to do them so much that I needed bribing to stop, only they didn't know it." As she said in the quote the northerners wanted to hear and see Zora do all these wonderful things for them. She was not judged on the color of her skin but by the wonderful skills she possessed. In "One Friday Morning" by Langston Hughes he displays Nancy Lee as not a colored person but rather like the same as Zora. Langston did this with just a little twist of the book by Zora though. He showed this by making her classmates like Nancy Lee for her artwork and personality. here is an example of what Hughes wrote, "Nancy Lee Johnson was a colored girl, a few years out of the South. But seldom did her high-school classmates think of her as colored. She was smart, pretty and brown, and fitted in well with the life of the school." As you can see, Langston chose that Nancy fit because of her nice personality and talents.

The essay one Friday morning shows a great resemblance to Claude McKay's poem America. They both portray America in the sense that it does not like them very much but all the whole they love it. They love how the hate field them and in his own words challenges his youth, it makes them stronger and more resilient to stand up to the hate. They feel like they may be different now but eventually they will rise up and become one with them. Nancy Lee feels the same way, she may have just gotten an award taken from her for the color of her skin but she knows that they think she is good, they may not react to it but some people respect her and that's all it takes, what she wants to do is use the hate as fuel to someday in the future make a life for the African american citizens of america.

What I believe this poem is trying to say literally is that you shouldn't give up your dreams. However I also believe figuratively he is trying to say what would happen if he gave up fighting for freedom during the Harlem Renaissance. He is stating all the bad things that could possibly happen and even says "Or does it explode?" With that last powerful line he is trying to just grab the attention of his audience and let them know we need change. He is trying to say that this is what happens if you give up in fighting for your freedom to his African American audience because he is trying to motivate them.

What I believe this poem is trying to say is that you should never give up on your dreams but figuratively he is talking about the Harlem renaissance and what would become if they just have up on what they've been trying to win for so long, he says what if you just totally give up, would your dream rot, or would it just explode.

"To One Coming North" shows that people that is come from the south in wormer weather it is hard to get used to it but they came another reason than that it is for the freedom of anyone.

I feel like this poem relates to "To One Coming North" because it makes me feel that the author was happy to be here at first but then things changed and became worse, just like all the snow after the first snow, and the line that's says "that any man be crushed by one above" makes me think of the line that says "and the wind-worried void is chilly, raw," because it's a sudden sense of extreme dissapointment.

~cat and kayla We think the last lines " Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!" Mean that your death should mean something. 1. 14 lines 2 last lines ryme 310 syallbles in every line 4 rhyme couplets 5 change of thought

14 lines change of thought of 8-9 lines Rhyme Sachem Rhyme Couplet 10 syllables/line