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How Does Langston Hughes Use Metaphors In Mother To Son

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Langston Hughes“Mother to Son,” shows an example of a mother's life struggles. A mother tells her son of how hard life is. Hughes uses metaphors and imagery in the narrative poem “Mother to Son” to communicate the struggles of life.
“And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.”(2)This shows the connection between a crystal stair and life. A crystal stair is flawless and perfect. When she says life isn’t a crystal stair, she is saying life is not easy. “It's had tacks in it,And splinters, And boards torn up,” (3-5)
This shows the struggles and hardship of the mother's life and the obstacles. These symbols Hughes includes all play a prominent role in displaying how life has not been easy and the small things that make it hard. Second, Hughes
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