Analyzing the Meaning of a Metaphor
Which metaphor from the poem compares life to
something enjoyable? Answer by completing the
sentence.
The metaphor
compares life to
something enjoyable.
Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor - Bare.
But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So boy, don'tyou turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now -