Unseen, Just Foreseen
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 sever
They have one of the most profound effects on the mood of the reader. Jones, who came to my homeland Ethiopia to work abroad and experience an exotic life. Nowadays one can hardly be unaware of the side effects of drugs but more and more people are making a lifetime choice to pursue with their stupefied journey. They make him hunger for an urgent trip to Venice, Leningrad etc. Here the word "horizon" symbolizes the country or an area where a person is born and consequently chooses to live in for the rest of his life. Further more the reader is stirred to experience it. Imageries, symbols, mental landscape and other minor literary devices are the opium of the readers. A world's outside the door, but how upsettingTo stand by your bags on a cold step as dawnRoses the brick work and before you start regretting,Your taxi's coming with one beep of its horn, (Walcott, Line 11-14). They perfectly exhibit the narrator's mental pictures. This creates the very same feeling in the reader's mind. This poem strongly influences the reader's attitude towards exploration and foreign travel. 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. Mental Landscape is but another literary splendor of Tomorrow, Tomorrow that appeals to its readers.
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