who is the speaker in this poem, mother to son. do you feel the precedent of a listener and how
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mother is the speaker in this poem
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Mother to Son Summary & Analysis
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Mother to Son Summary & Analysis Download this LitChart! (PDF)“Mother to Son” is a poem by Langston Hughes. It was first published in 1922 in The Crisis, a magazine dedicated to promoting civil rights in the United States , and was later collected in Hughes’s first book The Weary Blues (1926). The poem describes the difficulties that black people face in a racist society, alluding to the many obstacles and dangers that racism throws in their way—obstacles and dangers that white people don’t have to face. But the poem also argues that black people can overcome these difficulties through persistence, resilience, and mutual support.
Ok, son, listen up: my life hasn’t been an easy climb up a set of crystal stairs. The stairs I had to climb were full of tacks and splinters. The steps were falling apart, and there were spots no longer covered by carpet. But I’ve been climbing anyway the whole time. I’ve reached landings, and I’ve turned corners. I kept climbing up even when it was dark and there were no lights to guide me. So, son, you can’t turn back. Don’t sit down on the steps because it turns out to be pretty hard going. Don’t fall down now. Because I’m still going, honey, I’m still climbing—and my life hasn’t been an easy climb up a set of crystal stairs.