Mother to Son Crossword

Author of the poem Mother to Son
a small short sharp-pointed nail usually having a broad flat head
a thin, sharp piece of something that has broken of a larger piece
not having any covering
In the first seven lines, to what is Hughes comparing a stairway with “tacks in it and splinters?”
word used to describe the wisdom the mother is trying to impart to her son
What is the most likely age of the son?
The style of language used in the poem, which is particular to a particular cultural or geographic region, is known as?
It is the word used by Hughes to describe the stairway
In this poem, boards with “tacks and splinters” and “boards torn up” are symbols for?
What might “reachin’ landin’s” pertains?
Mother to Son is an example of?
Who is the one giving the advice in the poem?
This pertains to the message/moral of the story.
. It is a poem about a mother letting her son know that life is not going to be easy, but that he shouldn't give up because if she can do it, so can he.