The mother uses a metaphor to explain that through tails and tribulations she always can bounce back from it and use her hardships to motivate her and inspire her son to continue fighting. The mother’s fortitude even after obstacles displays her resilience. “Its tacks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up. And places with no carpet on the floors, bare. But all the time I’se been climbing, and reachin landins and corners, and sometimes, doing in the dark where there ain’t been no light.” Another tone that stands out is didactic. Didactic is one of the tones because in the poem the mother looks back in her life and wants her son to know life can be complicated, but she encourages her son to never look back, and don’t give up so easily, because if he does it will be hard. She wants to teach her son to stay positive and to keep climbing. An additional tone is inspirational. Inspiration is one of the tones because more towards the end of the poem, it illustrates an inspirational tone. The mother informs the son not to fall because, she’s “still climbin” If she can continue her rigorous journey after all the years then her son can be encouraged by his mother
The mother uses a metaphor to explain that through tails and tribulations she always can bounce back from it and use her hardships to motivate her and inspire her son to continue fighting. The mother’s fortitude even after obstacles displays her resilience. “Its tacks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up. And places with no carpet on the floors, bare. But all the time I’se been climbing, and reachin landins and corners, and sometimes, doing in the dark where there ain’t been no light.” Another tone that stands out is didactic. Didactic is one of the tones because in the poem the mother looks back in her life and wants her son to know life can be complicated, but she encourages her son to never look back, and don’t give up so easily, because if he does it will be hard. She wants to teach her son to stay positive and to keep climbing. An additional tone is inspirational. Inspiration is one of the tones because more towards the end of the poem, it illustrates an inspirational tone. The mother informs the son not to fall because, she’s “still climbin” If she can continue her rigorous journey after all the years then her son can be encouraged by his mother