Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University


 

"Mother to Son"

(1922)

 

Langston Hughes

(February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967)

 

 

     


"Mother to Son" Notes

This poem was published in Hughes's first collection of poetry The Weary Blues (1926).


2  ain't: dialect for hasn't


9  I'se: dialect for I've


15  set: sit


16  kinder: kind of, kinda, sort of 






   





      

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  • The poem begins: "Well, son, I'll tell you:" What do you think prompted the speaker to respond thus?
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2202234 Introduction to the Study of English Literature

Acharn Puckpan Tipayamontri

June 12, 2013

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