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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.

What Langston Hughes means by this poem is that you need to hold on to your dreams or they will just go away, then he compared it to a broken-winged bird and a barren field frozen and snow. Poetic devices in this poem are consonace with snow and go.

The Golden Years by, Billy Collins

All I do these drawn-out days is sit in my kitchen at Pheasant Ridge where there are no pheasants to be seen and last time I looked, no ridge.

I could drive over to Quail Falls and spend the day there playing bridge, but the lack of a falls and the absence of quail would only remind me of Pheasant Ridge.

I know a widow at Fox Run and another with a condo at Smokey Ledge. One of them smokes, and neither can run, so I’ll stick to the pledge I made to Midge.

Who frightened the fox and bulldozed the ledge? I ask in my kitchen at Pheasant Ridge.

Billy Collins means in this poem that things arent the same like they used to be. This poem uses rhym in almost every stanza.

The Soul unto itself by Emily Dickinson

The Soul unto itself Is an imperial friend – Or the most agonizing Spy – An Enemy – could send –

Secure against its own – No treason it can fear – Itself – its Sovereign – of itself The Soul should stand in Awe –

Her soul can be her friend, but betray her at the same time. The poetic devices in this poem are giving her soul traits like its another person, so it uses personification.

__**Two Steps Behind By, Def Leppard**__

Walk away if you want to It's okay, if you need to You can run but you can never hide From the shadow that's creepin' up beside you

There's a magic runnin' through your soul But you can't have it all

(Whatever you do) I'll be two steps behind you (Wherever you go) And I'll be there to remind you That it only takes a minute of your precious time To turn around, I'll be two steps behind Yeah, yeah

Take the time to think about it Just walk the line, you know you just can't fight it Take a look around and see what you can find Like the fire that's burnin' up inside me

There's a magic runnin' through your soul But you can't have it all

(Whatever you do) I'll be two steps behind you (Wherever you go) And I'll be there to remind you That it only takes a minute of your precious time To turn around, I'll be two steps behind Hey yeah, ohh

There's a magic runnin' through your soul But you, you can't have it all

(Whatever you do) I'll be two steps behind you (Wherever you go) And I'll be there to remind you That it only takes a minute of your precious time To turn around, I'll be two steps behind Yeah, baby Two steps behind Oh, sugar Two steps behind

The meaning of the song is that a person that they love is leaving and they are letting them go but they dont want them to, and they are letting them know that know matter where they are or where the road takes them, they will always be two steps behind them, if they turn around they'll be there. One poetic device in the song is consonance, with the words time and behind.

"I am" By: Caitlin Bachman I am Caitlin I say whats on my mind I pretend that nothing bothers me I feel that im always behind I worry about a lot of things I cry when nobody can see I feel anger all the time I try to make everyone happy I understand im crazy I am Caitlin

Poetic Devices: rhyme-mind and behind ;repition " I am Caitlin"