What is the central idea of Langston Hughes’s poem ""Dreams""? Dreams provide hope for people’s lives. Dreams allow people to rest and relax. Dreams remind people of past experiences. Dreams predict people’s successes and failures.

Dreams provide hope for people’s lives.

Explanation:

The central idea of Langston Hughes's poem "Dreams" is that dreams provide hope for people's lives and that we should "hold fast to dreams" and make them come true in order to have a meaningful and successful life, without them our lives would be hopeless and meaningless.

The central idea is about not giving up on what you want out of life.

Explanation:

The poem written about fulfilling one's dreams. Written primarily for the African American community, this poem addresses the idea of what happens when you don't go after your dreams and you put them off or “defer” them to later.

He says “Hold fast to dreams” and not let them go, for if you do, your life will be meaningless and unfulfilled.

try to do soaps tone.

s-subject

o-occasion (the reason the author wrote the poem)

a-audience (who is this poem mostly for)

p-purpose (was it to convince, inspire, etc. the audience)

s-speaker (can be the author or another character, like is a child, adult, woman, elderly, animal narrating the poem)

tone- the mood the reader gets from this poem

mood- the mood the author had with their own poem

meaning- what do you think the meaning is?

message- what is the author trying to explain to the audience? like what is the theme?

if you still don't get it try showing everyone the poem so they could unravel it