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mother speaking to her son

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The mother is motivating the son to not give up on life.

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Life is hard, this is how her life is hard.

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The mother goes from talking about her own griefs and hardships to the sons future and advise on life towards him.

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This poem is about a mother giving her son life advice.

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Through the novel the mom speaks on her past and "finding light where its dark" and has still gotten up as well as when shes telling the son to "not turn back'.

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This is how she deals with her hardships.

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This is where she gives her son advice on how to cope with it.

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Imagery "And places with no carpet on the floor ."

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Imagery "And places with no carpet on the floor ."

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"Life for me aint been no crystal stairs."
"Its had tacks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up."