"Life is hard. After all, it kills you.'' as Katharine Hepburn said. Life is a challenge. No mater what happens you should never give up. Push through the blood, sweat, and tears because life always gets better and better. In ''Mother to Son'' Langston Hughes, uses the poetic devices. With extended metaphor, a strong speaker, and imagery to convey the theme.
The poetic device of extended metaphor helps to illustrate the idea that life is tough. Hughes states that life is painful. The quote '' had tacks in it'' means life is painful and very challenging to cross. Also, people feeling empty and alone and portrayed through metaphor. To help explain the mood of feeling alone, the quote ''Bare'' states that being alone. You feel alone and helpless. As Hughes describes life of being full of unknown scary times. The quote " Cause you finds it's kinder hard.'' People feel scared and unsure because life can and will throw you for a loop.
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Everything that she got in life she had to work very hard for. "Life for me has not been a crystal stair." This quote proves her life was omit hard. Unlike most peoples life today, you had to do something to be successful. To continue, life has a lot of challenges but not all them are hard. Sometimes you will not have any problems. In the poem Hughes uses the description of the mother going up the stairs and then "Reaching landings". There is going to be breaks during the hard times. Hughes, states, no matter what omit keep living and go on with your life. The mother explains to her son not to give up by saying "Do not fall now". To help understand this think about it as giving up on where you are in