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What figurative language does the narrator use with the images of tacks and splinters in "Mother to Son"?
'Mother to Son' by Langston Hughes uses the metaphor of a staircase to depict the difficulties and dangers one will face in life. The poem contains a mother's warning to her son about the stairs one is forced to climb throughout life. He must watch out for broken boards, splinters, and tacks.
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'Mother to Son' by Langston Hughes uses the metaphor of a staircase to depict the difficulties and dangers one will face in life. The poem contains a mother's warning to her son about the stairs one is forced to climb throughout life. He must watch out for broken boards, splinters, and tacks.
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