Mother to Son by Langston Hughes

In the poem the first two lines the poem the narrator someones mother is telling her son that life hasn't been easy for her. Then in the next four lines she talks about some of the stuff she has faced in her life comparing the to tacks and splinters. Also talking about how sometimes she had to go without comparing it to a floor with no carpet. Then in the next five lines she talks about how she kept going no matter what. She compares it to ladders and corners. then in the following six lines she tells her son not to give up comparing his striving to stairs saying " Don't you set down on the steps, Cause you finds it's kinder hard". Then in the last lines she talks about how she is still gonna keep going.

I think the story is about mother telling her son about how hard her life has been. I also think the narrator is sorta talking about the struggles of being a single mother and raising a son. The poem also does alot of comparisons to things in everyday life like corners and floors. I think the poems main theme is persistence. I think its persitence beacuse in the poem she keeps talking about how hard life can get but you have to keep going.