Figurative Language in Poem Analysis - I Dream A World by Langston Hughes

Calvin 10620045 4SA01   I Dream A World (1941) by Langston Hughes I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all Will know sweet freedom's way, Where greed no longer saps the soul Nor avarice blights our day. A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the earth And every man is free, Where wretchedness will hang its head And joy, like a pearl, Attends the needs of all mankind- Of such I dream, my world!     Analysis: The poem is about someone’s hope for a perfect world where people from any race and cultural background can live together peacefully, without hatred or injustice. There are figurative languages such as personification, antithesis, and simile discovered in this poem.   Personification gives human characteristics to non-human and inanimate objects, such as emotions.   “Where love will b...