in Mother to Son Langston Hughes uses the extended metaphor of a staircase to describe
a. hard times
b. life
c. happiness
d. love
i was confused between a and b, but i think it's B.
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because It is not just talking about hard time but about what life is.
You're right -- it is B. The staircase doesn't represent hard times, but life itself.
what does the mother in the poem compare life to?
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