This document provides questions about the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. It asks who is speaking in the poem, what the mother's life was like and what she compares it to, what the speaker encounters on the stairs, the three pieces of advice given by the speaker to the boy, the tone of the speaker, what "tacks" refers to in the poem, why the mother advises the son, and what the speaker's life was full of.
This document provides questions about the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. It asks who is speaking in the poem, what the mother's life was like and what she compares it to, what the speaker encounters on the stairs, the three pieces of advice given by the speaker to the boy, the tone of the speaker, what "tacks" refers to in the poem, why the mother advises the son, and what the speaker's life was full of.
This document provides questions about the poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. It asks who is speaking in the poem, what the mother's life was like and what she compares it to, what the speaker encounters on the stairs, the three pieces of advice given by the speaker to the boy, the tone of the speaker, what "tacks" refers to in the poem, why the mother advises the son, and what the speaker's life was full of.
QUESTIONS Q1. Who is speaking in the poem and to whom are the words addressed to? Q2. What kind of life has the mother led and what does she compare her life to? Q3.What does the speaker encounter on the stairs? Q4.What three pieces of advice does the spaker give the boy? Q5. What is the tone of the speaker? Q6. What does the word ‘tacks’ refer to in the poem? Q7. Why do you think the mother advises the son? Q8. What was the speaker’s life full of?