The poem can be divided into two parts; the first two stanzas, describing the other animals in the zoo, and the last three, where the jaguar is both introduced and described. ... In the last line of the third stanza, we find the phrase 'through prison darkness'. ... The first part comes to a conclusion with the last line of the second stanza; 'It might be painted on a nursery wall.' ... This continues to be suggested in the second line of the last stanza; 'His stride is wildernesses of freedom'. ... Indeed, in the penultimate stanza of the poem, the 'wo...

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Furthermore as the landscape becomes more attractive and brighter each time he "lustily" dips his oars to reach the promising horizon. ... Additionally, the last part of the stanza presents a vague tone that sets out confusion in the character that not even he can explain. ...

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By attending Texas A&M, I have broadened my horizons by meeting new people and encountering new environment. ... To support this tone, one might point to the last stanza: The speaker will some day, "sighing," tell others that he took the unkown road when faced with a choice (George 2). ...

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The simile in found in line eight, "sugar over like a syrupy sweet", suggests that the dream is on the horizon and is so close that it you can taste it. The last simile found in line ten of the poem, "sags like a heavy load", is asking if it is a burden on the dreamer. Langston Hughes switches from similes to a metaphor in the last line for example this metaphor "does it explode", suggests that the dream has finally been reached, one can say that Hughes has switched to a metaphor in this line to symbolize the drastic difference from not successfully reaching your dream to obtaining your dream,...

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The last line of the stanza engulfs the feeling of wander and that "days, all one kind" coincide and has no significance or variance. ... Here I love you and the horizon hides you in vain. ... However, he still loves her as faithfully as before but "the horizon hides her in vain....

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Still speaking to himself he proclaims that he "cannot rest from travel" but feels compelled to live to the fullest and swallow every last drop of life. ... His spirit yearns constantly for new experiences that will broaden his horizons; he wishes "to follow knowledge like a sinking star" and forever grow in wisdom and in learning (Arp /31). ... He feels compelled to live life to the fullest and swallow every last drop of life as he states in line 6 "I cannot rest from travels" (/6). ...

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