Figurative Language In Mother To Son

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In the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes, Hughes uses imagery as a prominent part of most of his work., figurative language, and sound devices are used to express the speaker's experiences. In this clever and concise didactic extended metaphor the imagery, when describing how hard life is, and that you have to work at everything in life and that life in general is hard work.The crystal stairs are a metaphor comparing to the speaker's life. Tactile imagery is used to describe the stairs with “tacks” and “splinters.” This is also a testament to a mothers love. This is a poem or really a teaching device passed on from earlier generations. We can take what is said, and then when it is broken down, it can be related to troubles and problems

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