USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the speaker in the poem “Mother to Son”?
A
The mother
B
The daughter
C
The son
D
The father
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In “Mother to Son, ” by Langston Hughes, the speaker is a mother addressing her son. In both poems, the speaker is not the poet himself, but rather a made-up persona through which the poet makes an argument about resilience.

Detailed explanation-2: -Who is the speaker in this poem? The speaker in this poem is a mother. Who is the audience in this poem? The mother is speaking to her son.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the poem, the speaker is the poet’s mother, who contrasts her life as to going up through a hard staircase. in the poem, a staircase is a means to get somewhere in the world or, literally, to move up. Hence, the mother metaphorically compares her life in the poem with a split and dilapidated stairway.

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