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what does splinters and tacks represent

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Answered by thoibaymz12345
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Splinter and tacks represents the same. Both represents the pain of the mother suffer in her life..
Answered by mindfulmaisel
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Answer:

In the poem, “Mother to Son” both the term splinters and tacks try to convey the same meaning. They both represent a mother’s pain and sufferings in her life being conveyed to her son.

Explanation:

In the poem, “Mother to Son”, the inference of the words splinters and tacks are trying to mean the hardships and rough spots in the life of the mother that she encountered always.

Life is not easy to carry on, still she is trying to carry on with a strong hopeful.  Both splinters and tacks are used as metaphors in the poem that represents the obstacles that one encounters in their life.

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