In the three stanzas of Tomorrow, Tomorrow, by the great African-American poet Langston Hughes is portrayed a foreign travel enthusiast's rehearsal of what would be an effective mendacity. A reader in the habit of paying no attention to the opening lines of a poem would certainly presume that the paper in front of him/her is an honest and brilliant reflection on an excursion to the world's greatest cities. The very fact that the speaker is able to, with out any difficulty, vividly and efficiently, describe places his eyes had never been fortunate enough to see, urged me to label him a competent consummate liar. His kill has, in short, reached the zenith of perfection. This is obviously a byproduct of the primary purpose the poem is originally planned to serve. Hence letting oneself sink deeper in the poem is the equivalent of buying a ticket to watch the speaker go far beyond a colorful description of "places he has never seen exactly" (Walcott, line 1-2). He reveals his fascinating philosophy on traveling and acquainting the retina with ever-unforgettable 'light sources'. By making an effectual use of imagery, symbols, mental landscape and several other minor literary devices Tomorrow, Tomorrow create an inspirational mood.
             Tomorrow, Tomorrow contains a number of lines ornamented with precious and luxurious imageries. These atypical imageries are designed to serve a range of purposes-apart from their traditional function as a visual portrayal of an object or event.
             with its toffee-twisted minarets. Paris. Soon
             They perfectly exhibit the narrator's mental pictures. They are pictures drawn with words and punctuation. Then they are colored by imageries. The author of this essay assumes that nobody finds it hard to distinguish between a colored picture and an uncolored one. The former unarguably aids the curious mind to learn and enjoy more about the pictured entity. The more animated the words i...