Dream+Variation

Still, in “Dream Variations” and other poems that celebrate the image of an African homeland, Hughes got an important feeling expressed by American blacks who were searching for a spiritual home where they would be accepted and treated as equals and not judged by the color of their skin.In the place of his dream, night comes gently and tenderly; it is not to be feared but welcomed. The speaker praises night, the time of dreams, and with it, he also celebrates himself and his race.