The central theme of the poem is the importance of dreams. Langston Hughes suggests that dreams give life meaning and purpose, helping individuals avoid an existence as empty as a broken-winged bird or a barren field.

“A Red, Red Rose”is a 1794 song in Scots by Robert Burns based on traditional sources. The song is also referred to by the title "(Oh) My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" and is often published as a poem. In it, Robert Burns declares the intense love he feels for another. He compares his love to a rose and insists that his love will be everlasting. After indicating an impending separation, the speaker concludes by insisting that his love will endure while the lovers are apart.

"To be, or not to be" is a speech given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "nunnery scene" of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1).

Ristretto is a full-bodied Arabica coffee blend with an intense roasty character. But through that intensity you’ll taste the deep cocoa and subtle woody notes.

"Snowdrop," by the English poet Ted Hughes, is a short poem describing the effects of a harsh winter landscape on various creatures. A mouse, weasel, and crow all struggle against the cold and darkness, while a personified snowdrop flower seems to be the only match for winter's brutality.

‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ by Robert Frost is often interpreted as conveying an attraction toward death, indicated in the final lines: 'The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.' Here, the woods and the 'sleep' to which the speaker refers represent death.