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    The poet envisions a world without inequality where all people are treated equally regardless of race, gender or background. To describe this ideal world, the poet uses personified phrases and imagery. The poet dreams of a world with no prejudice or greed where all people can freely access and enjoy the earth's bounties. Through the poem, the poet highlights the inequalities in society and hopes for a world without such disparities where all of humanity can live harmoniously.

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    The poet envisions a world without inequality where all people are treated equally regardless of race, gender or background. To describe this ideal world, the poet uses personified phrases and imagery. The poet dreams of a world with no prejudice or greed where all people can freely access and enjoy the earth's bounties. Through the poem, the poet highlights the inequalities in society and hopes for a world without such disparities where all of humanity can live harmoniously.

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    The poet envisions a world without inequality where all people are treated equally regardless of race, gender or background. To describe this ideal world, the poet uses personified phrases and imagery. The poet dreams of a world with no prejudice or greed where all people can freely access and enjoy the earth's bounties. Through the poem, the poet highlights the inequalities in society and hopes for a world without such disparities where all of humanity can live harmoniously.

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    Literature Revision Worksheet

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    Read the poem given below.

    I dream a world where man (kinaestheti


    No other man will scorn, (kinaestheti
    Where love will bless the earth (personi catio
    And peace its paths ador
    I dream a world where all (kinaestheti
    Will know sweet freedom's way
    Where greed no longer saps the soul
    (personi catio
    Nor avarice blights our day
    A world I dream where black or white,
    (kinaestheti
    Whatever race you be
    Will share the bounties of the earth
    (kinaestheti
    And every man is free
    Where wretchedness will hang its head
    (personi catio
    And joy, like a pearl, (personi cation, simil
    Attends the needs of all mankind-
    (personi cation
    Of such I dream, my world!

    What kind of a world does the poet envision? How has he brought to light the inequality in our
    society?
    In the poem, I Dream A World, the poet, Langston Hughes uses many personi ed
    phrases and imageries to describe the inequalities faced in our society. The poet
    envisions a world where everyone is treated equally no matter their race, gender or
    colour. The main thematic concern is the racial boundaries that we humans are
    building day by day.
    The poet dreams a world where everyone is treated equally no matter who they are.
    He uses a kinaesthetic imagery in the phrase, “no other man will scorn” to create an
    image of the world where no one will disrespect anyone in the reader’s mind. Langston
    also describes about his world where everyone is loved and cared for, something that
    is not done in today’s world. He uses a personi ed phrase, “where love will bless the
    Earth” to create this impact on the reader.

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    The poet has used many devices to describe the inequalities happening around us. He
    talks about his world where everyone no matter their race, colour, gender,etc. has
    access to a place without inequality, “A world I dream where black or white, whatever
    race you be” The poet also uses the personi ed phrase, “where greed no longer saps
    the world” to talk about the growing greediness in humans which is increasing the
    inequalities in our society. The poet also uses the phrase, “where wretchedness will
    hang its head and joy, like a pearl” to tell the readers that the misery some people are
    facing should not be there and everyone should be joyful and happy.
    The poet dreams a world where everyone is treated equally no matter who they are.
    The poet has used many devices to describe the inequalities happening around us. All
    in all, the poet has used many literary devices to describe the inequalities happening
    in the world around us and also the idea that it is very hard to make this happen and
    it is just a dream because we humans are increasing the inequalities ourselves.
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