https://padlet.com/brooksdelos/zz7oi7oupl7rftrn Share your thoughts! en-us 2020-04-29 15:03:49 UTC 2020-04-29 15:06:33 UTC hello@padlet.com brooksdelos https://padlet.com/brooksdelos/zz7oi7oupl7rftrn/wish/539427560 The details that show the setting of the poem is Lines 2 and 3. Both lines describe a still desert night and a two-room house with a dirt floor. This tells us the time, location and environment.]]> 2020-04-29 15:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/brooksdelos/zz7oi7oupl7rftrn/wish/539427560 brooksdelos https://padlet.com/brooksdelos/zz7oi7oupl7rftrn/wish/539428852 The mother of the poem “Mother to Son” has lived a tough life. The textual evidence that shows her life has been tough is lines 2 through 7. She describes her stairs (which is a metaphor for her life) as having tacks, splinters, boards torn up and bare, without carpet. ]]> 2020-04-29 15:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/brooksdelos/zz7oi7oupl7rftrn/wish/539428852 brooksdelos https://padlet.com/brooksdelos/zz7oi7oupl7rftrn/wish/539430244 The attitude the speakers wants James to have about life is a good one. They want him to look for his goals and reach for them, and to focus on them. He must not stop until he reaches that finish line.]]> 2020-04-29 15:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/brooksdelos/zz7oi7oupl7rftrn/wish/539430244