# The Dream Keeper explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Langston Hughes.

## What happens

A poetic invitation for dreamers to entrust their dreams and heart melodies to a keeper who will protect them from the harshness of the world, wrapping them in a gentle, blue cloud-cloth.

## Themes in this chapter

### Dreams and Despair

The poem centers on the collection and protection of dreams, contrasting their fragility with the world's roughness.

### Resilience and Joy

The act of preserving heart melodies suggests a resilient hope and joy in safeguarding what is precious.

## Character check-ins

### Unknown

The speaker who offers to safeguard dreams.

## Key lines

> Bring me all of your dreams, You dreamers. Bring me all of your Heart melodies That I may wrap them In a blue cloud-cloth Away from the too rough fingers Of the world.

Entrust your dreams and innermost songs to me, so I can shield them from the world's harsh touch.

_The speaker acts as a protector of fragile dreams._

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/poetry_15_se/chapters/the-dream-keeper
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