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As I Grew Older
Langston Hughes
About Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes was an Afro-American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright and columnist. He invented a new literary art from called jazz poetry. Some of his notable works are The Weary Blues, Not without Laughter, The Negro Speaks of Rivers etc.
It was a long time ago.
I have almost forgotten my dream,
But it was there then,
In front of me,
Bright like a sun -
My dream,
And then the wall rose,
Rose slowly,
Slowly,
Between me and my dream.
Rose until it touched the sky -
The wall.
Shadow.
I am black.
I lie down in the shadow.
No longer the light of my dream before me,
Above me.
Only the thick wall.
Only the shadow.
My hands!
My dark hands!
Break through the wall!
Find my dream!
Help me to shatter this darkness,
To smash this night,
To break this shadow
Into a thousand lights of sun,
Into a thousand whirling dreams
Of sun!
Available Answers
- 1.
Fill in the blanks with words given below to complete the summary of the poem.
forgotten sky shadow darkness sun wall black thousands The speaker says his dream was as bright as the (a) ____________ right in front of him until a wall rose between him and his dream. The speaker is an old man now and has almost (b) ______________ his dream. His dream was not fulfilled as a strong (c) ___________ was created by his fellow white people who will not let his dream come true. The wall rose until it touched (d) _________________. The dream which was as bright as the sun has now turned (e) ____________. The wall has become a long dark (f) ______________. The speaker wants to break the wall and shatter the (g) __________________ that is keeping him from realising his dream. He wants to break the shadow into (h) ________________ of whirling dreams.
- 2.
What does the wall signify?
- 3.
What prevents the light of the dream from shining on him?
- 4.
Why was the speaker unable to realise his dreams?
- 5.
What does 'shadow' signify?
- 6.
Who created the wall?
7 more answer(s) available.
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03 Oct 2024Nitika G.