A. Read this Poem
Dreams
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That-cannot fly
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow
-Lanston Hughes-
B. Do the following exercise.
- This is part of a line from the poem you have just read...a barren field
- Underline an articel.
- Circle an adjective.
- Put a box round a noun.
2. Use a dictionary to do the following.
- Look up the word fast (line 1 in the poem). How many other words can you make from it (e.g.fasten)?What parts of speech are they (adjective, adverb, noun, etc.)?
- Find out which meaning of hols (line 1) goes best with hold fast to dreams. What other meanings of hold can you think of?
