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Author note: The purpose of this writing piece is to tell about the mood tone and figurative language.


In the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes has a lot of different figurative language used for example when the poet wrote “Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.” it was showing it is a metaphor because it’s writing about one thing as if it was something else and by what he wrote he meant life hasn’t been easy. Another example of figurative language in the poem is personification because when Langston Hughes says “It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up” life can’t really have that. He was saying how life has ups and downs. The figurative language was easy to find but what about the tone and mood? The tone is inspiration because, the mother was trying to tell the son no matter what never give up on yourself life won’t be a walk in the park. Finally the mood the mood of this poem is determination courage. The mother is determined to try to make her son happy and give him great advice.