Imagery Of The Poem Mother To Son. Asked by darlene p 705793 on 10 23 2017 12 39 pm last updated by jill d 170087 on 10 23 2017 2 40 pm. Anaphora is clearest in lines 4 6 and 10 12.
In this poem the author represents the personal collective and spiritual importance of struggle endurance and faith. In line two of the poem the poet says that the life of the mother aint t been a crystal stair. Langston hughes has chosen to use anaphora dialect and imagery as well as other literary devices in mother to son anaphora is the repetition of words at the beginning of lines as well as just a general repetition of words throughout the poem.
Literary devices in mother to son.
Mother to son poem analysis lines 1 7. Mother to son by langston hughes is a monologue that conveys the idea of hope through simple imagery. In this poem the author represents the personal collective and spiritual importance of struggle endurance and faith. Hughes uses symbols in the poem mother to son.