"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes by Queshonda Moore https://padlet.com/queshondamoore/z8zszfi357uy9hmu Explicit Theme, Type of Poem, Poetry Technique en-us 2021-02-27 14:39:29 UTC 2021-03-16 15:30:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f929.png "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes queshondamoore https://padlet.com/queshondamoore/z8zszfi357uy9hmu/wish/1248210147 2021-02-27 14:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/queshondamoore/z8zszfi357uy9hmu/wish/1248210147 "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes queshondamoore https://padlet.com/queshondamoore/z8zszfi357uy9hmu/wish/1248211656 2021-02-27 14:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/queshondamoore/z8zszfi357uy9hmu/wish/1248211656 What are the explicit themes? In other words, what themes or topics are obvious in the first read-through? How do I know? queshondamoore https://padlet.com/queshondamoore/z8zszfi357uy9hmu/wish/1248214473 Don't Give Up: I know this because lines 8-17 states, "But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now"
Life's been very difficult along the way. I know this because lines 2-7 states, Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor --
Bare.
I'm still steadily climbing.


]]> 2021-02-27 14:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/queshondamoore/z8zszfi357uy9hmu/wish/1248214473 I will engage in academic discussion and identify topics and themes of "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes and provide poetic devices as evidence. queshondamoore https://padlet.com/queshondamoore/z8zszfi357uy9hmu/wish/1248219174 2021-02-27 14:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/queshondamoore/z8zszfi357uy9hmu/wish/1248219174