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Dreams by Langston Hughes

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.

The meaning of this poem is that dreams make life worth living. Without dreams, life would be boring. The poetic devices used are imagery, metaphor, and repetition.

Patience by Kay Ryan

Patience is wider than one once envisioned, with ribbons of rivers and distant ranges and tasks undertaken and finished with modest relish by natives in their native dress. Who would have guessed it possible that waiting is sustainable— a place with its own harvests. Or that in time's fullness the diamonds of patience couldn't be distinguished from the genuine in brilliance or hardness.

The meaning of this poem is that patience is the key. Waiting is not as horrible as most people think it is. The poetic devices used in this poem are imagery, personification, and point-of-view.

True Love by Robert Penn Warren

In silence the heart raves. It utters words Meaningless, that never had A meaning. I was ten, skinny, red-headed, Freckled. In a big black Buick, Driven by a big grown boy, with a necktie, she sat In front of the drugstore, sipping something Through a straw. There is nothing like Beauty. It stops your heart. It Thickens your blood. It stops your breath. It Makes you feel dirty. You need a hot bath. I leaned against a telephone pole, and watched. I thought I would die if she saw me. How could I exist in the same world with that brightness? Two years later she smiled at me. She Named my name. I thought I would wake up dead. Her grown brothers walked with the bent-knee Swagger of horsemen. They were slick-faced. Told jokes in the barbershop. Did no work. Their father was what is called a drunkard. Whatever he was he stayed on the third floor Of the big white farmhouse under the maples for twenty-five years. He never came down. They brought everything up to him. I did not know what a mortgage was. His wife was a good, Christian woman, and prayed. When the daughter got married, the old man came down wearing An old tail coat, the pleated shirt yellowing. The sons propped him. I saw the wedding. There were Engraved invitations, it was so fashionable. I thought I would cry. I lay in bed that night And wondered if she would cry when something was done to her. The mortgage was foreclosed. That last word was whispered. She never came back. The family Sort of drifted off. Nobody wears shiny boots like that now. But I know she is beautiful forever, and lives In a beautiful house, far away. She called my name once. I didn't even know she knew it.

The meaning of this poem is that even if you love somebody, it doesn't mean you will get the experience to share that love with them. In the poem he still thought and cared for her, but she didn't know how much he cared for her. The poetic devices used in this poem were personification and imagery.

God Gave Me You by Blake Shelton

On my own I’m only Half of what I could be I can’t do without you We are stitched together And what love has tethered I pray we never undo

God gave me you for the ups and downs God gave me you for the days of doubt God gave me you for the ups and downs God gave me you for the days of doubt For when I think I’ve lost my way There are no words here left to say, it’s true God gave me you, gave me you Gave me you

The overall meaning of this song is how much he loves this girl. He thanks God for giving him her and he feels so lucky that he has her. The poetic devices used in this song are imagery and oxymoron.

"I am me" I am Hayley I am optimistic and quiet I see many __faces__ I hear different __basses__ I want to see different __places__ (rhyme)

I am Hayley I pretend I'm flying I feel above the clouds I worry __like a worry wart (__simile__)__ I smell __chocolate chip cookies cooking (__alliteration__)__ I am Hayley.