LANGSTON HUGHES 1
Where/ When was Langston Hughes Born?
What is Joplin Missouri 1902
In the poem, the mother compares life to this structure.
What is a staircase?
Who is the founding father of the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Langston Hughes?
Hughes often wrote about the experiences of this group of people.
Who are African Americans?
The poem is written from the perspective of this person.
Who is the mother?
Hughes was known for incorporating this musical form into his poems.
What is jazz/blues?
The carpet in the poem is described as?
What time period did the Harlem Renaissance take place
What is 1920s-1930s
What was Langston Hughes astrological sign?
What is Aquarius?
The phrase "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" is an example of what literary device.
What is a metaphor?
Where/ When did Langston Hughes graduate college?
What is Lincoln University in 1929?
The mother has kept going despite her encountering these sharp objects.
What are tacks and splinters?
What type of music were popular during this time period.
What is jazz?
Hughes was not only a poet but also a playwright, novelist, and
What is a social activist
This is the relationship between the two speakers in this poem, “Mother to Son”
What is Mother and Son?
What was the cause of Langston Hughes death?
What is prostate cancer?
What literary devices make up this poem?
What is imagery, diction, personal,& metaphor?
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
What is a cultural movement, music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater in Harlem Manhattan NYC.
Other than poems, Langston Hughes also wrote?
What is essays, short stories, & children’s books
The mother advises her son to keep doing this, even when life is hard.
What is keep climbing / never give up?
What was Langton Hughes remembered for?
What is his influence on black experience and civil rights movement?
Hughes’s message in “Mother to Son” can be summed up by this theme of
What is perseverance in the faces of life’s difficulties?
In most of his poems, Hughes used the voices of ordinary people to challenge this social issue.
What is racial inequality / racism?
What is the date Langton Hughes passed?
What is May 22,1967?
What date was “Mother to Son” published?
What is 1922?