Synthesis: Narrative Prose and Poetry gif ro "Mother to Son" sa pon by Lampighest was fest set in 1977 The d promoting the rights as the United States, and wester collec the difficuties that black prope backe The Wys [19061. The pom vont auding to the many wbstacles and angers that racism throws in thee wey-bitaces and dangers that white people don't how to face but the poem who argues that lack people ca persistence, resilience, and mutuel support one these fute the bed today as one of the key figures of the Harlem Renaissance. This was a diment that exploded during the 1520s in Harlem, a neighborhood in Manhattan As migrated north, looking for work in factories, many settled in Harlem The hood became a hotbed of black intellectual and literary life, with poets, scholars, and writers am and the country rubbing shoulders. Though they often disagreed with each other, they shared a common geat they wanted to develop a new kind of Sterature, literature that would express the tub history of black culture-its triumphs and its tragedies. And they also wanted to use literature to protest the racism of the present For these reasons, the Harlem Renaissance has become one of the most important moments in the history of black Mterature in the United States, with poets like Amiri Baraka and novelists like Tom Morrison drawing on its influence as they developed their own portraits of the complicated richness of back side in America. Poems like "Mother to Son," alongside Hughes other early poems the "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "Tee" are thus crucial documents in the development of an African American Sterary tradition Well, son, Il tell you life for me ain't been no crystal stair It's had tacks in it And splinters, And boards tom up. And places with no carpet on the floor- Bare But all the time Ise been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's And turnin' comers, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light Mother to Son (Alliteration, assonance, consonance, anaphora, refrain) So boy, don't you turn back Don't you set down on the steps Cause you finds it's kinder hard Don't you fall now For I'se still goin', honey Ise still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal star