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too, am America: The Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement
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“I Dream a World”
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!
“Democracy”
by Langston Hughes
Democracy will not come
Today, this year
Nor ever
Through compromise and fear.

I have as much right
As the other fellow has
To stand
On my two feet
And own the land.

I tire so of hearing people say,
Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.

Freedom
Is a strong seed
Planted
In a great need.

I live here, too.
I want freedom
Just as you.
By Permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated. Copyright ©1994 by the Estate of Langston Hughes
In Langston Hughes’s poem “I Dream a World,” the repetition of the word “dream” emphasizes

the fact that equality is a desired but seemingly unattainable goal.

the notion that Hughes lives in a fantasy world rather than reality.

the idea that the action of the poem takes place at night.

the belief that dreams often remain unrealized due to oppression.

Answer 1

the fact that equality is a desired but seemingly unattainable goal.

The repeated "I dream" underscores Hughes's longing and vision for a better, equal world—something he hopes for but that does not yet exist.