"Mother to Son" Response

           Mother to Son is a very inspiring and awesome poem by Langston Hughes.  He was an African American poet who wrote many poems.  Also this poem was wrote in 1922 and that was long time ago.  I really like this poem because it describes life in a visual way.  It creates an image in your head to describe how hard life is but you still have to keep on going
           I like how she describes life to a staircase.  She was telling her son about her life.  It wasn't easy for her and I like her describing her life.  When she says the stairs have tacks in it and splinters I think those represents some problems she faced in her life.  Also when she says she kept on climbing and reaching landings I think those represents how she never gave up and faced her problems head on.  She is teaching her son never to give up and face problems.
           I think that the son can be Langston Hughes and the mother maybe is his mother.  I think that his mother was a slave and I think she wants to teach him about facing life.  Also something that I noticed is that the language is southern so I infer that they are probably southerners.  Another thing that I noticed is that this line: "life for me ain't been no crystal stair." is repeated.  I think that she is saying that slaves had tougher life's than the white southerners.  Maybe the white southerners had a "crystal stair" life.
           In conclusion, I think "Mother to Son" is a very good poem that demonstrates an important theme never give up.  This poem is like a big metaphor describing life to stairs.