Mother To Son By Langston Hughes
Life is not easy. Noone goes through life unscathed. In the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes the author highlights this very well; however, Hughes also highlights that he’s still climbing. In the poem he uses beautiful imagery to describe the stairway of life. He sets a nice tone. His use of symbolism helps the poem immensely. Langston creates an amazing poem using symbolism, tone, and imagery.
Firstly the poem is chock full of imagery. The mother says the stair “It has tack in it/ and splinters/ and boards all torn up”(3-5). Hughes' words paint a picture of a beaten up staircase which is put up as the exact opposite of a crystal staircase. It helps paint the picture that life is hard. The beaten up stair case would be hard to climb;
Firstly the poem is chock full of imagery. The mother says the stair “It has tack in it/ and splinters/ and boards all torn up”(3-5). Hughes' words paint a picture of a beaten up staircase which is put up as the exact opposite of a crystal staircase. It helps paint the picture that life is hard. The beaten up stair case would be hard to climb;