The general theme in Langston Hughes poem “Mother to Son” is even though life can kick you down and beat you up, you always need to get up and keep climbing.
Langston Hughes supports this theme with many different lines and phrases. For example, the mother in the poem says, “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” (Stanza 1, Line 2) The crystal stair in this poem represents an easy path in life and when the mother says that she hasn’t had a crystal stair, she means she hasn’t had an easy, clear path in life. Another example of how life has kicked the mother down is when she says, “Sometimes goin’ in the dark, where there ain’t been no light.” (Stanza 2, Lines 5 and 6) The mother is saying that sometimes during a low point in life you hit
Langston Hughes supports this theme with many different lines and phrases. For example, the mother in the poem says, “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” (Stanza 1, Line 2) The crystal stair in this poem represents an easy path in life and when the mother says that she hasn’t had a crystal stair, she means she hasn’t had an easy, clear path in life. Another example of how life has kicked the mother down is when she says, “Sometimes goin’ in the dark, where there ain’t been no light.” (Stanza 2, Lines 5 and 6) The mother is saying that sometimes during a low point in life you hit