I Dream a World-Langton Hughes

The poem 'I Dream a World' was written by Langton Hughes. Within this poem racial and moral boundaries have been explored. The moral boundary is greed and the racial boundary is the unrest and inequality between black and white.

The writer uses repetition to make the statement 'I Dream a World' clear to the reader. He also uses similes to make the point clearer e.g. hopefulness.

‘Where wretchedness will hang its head
And joy, like a pearl.
Attends the needs of all mankind—
Of such I dream, my world!’

The style it is written in is subjective and personal and the tone is hopeful to show that the writer believes that the wrongs pointed out in the poem can be righted. He makes this clear in the first few lines by stating,

‘I dream a world where man
No other man will scorn,
Where love will bless the earth
And peace its paths adorn.’