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The poem ":Life Ain't No Crystal Stair" by Langston Hughes also relates to the idea of the right to vote, although indirectly. The feeling the poem gives you is that you can't give up when life is difficult. Readers of Hughes's poem can imagine that he believed it was worth it for African Americans should fight for the right to vote or they would end up unhappy. The images in the poem help us see this.
The poem ":Life Ain't No Crystal Stair" by Langston Hughes also relates to the idea of the right to vote, although indirectly. The feeling the poem gives you is that you can't give up when life is difficult. Readers of Hughes's poem can imagine that he believed it was worth it for African Americans should fight for the right to vote or they would end up unhappy. The images in the poem help us see this.
Draft 2
The poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes also relates to the idea of the right to vote, although indirectly. The feeling the poem gives you is that you can't give up when life is difficult. While some might interpret it as a sad poem, one can also find that it is uplifting. Hughes's words are inspiring and could help Americans to understand that their pursuits are worth fighting for. The images in the poem help us see this. For example, the narrator of the poems says, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair...it's had tacks in it...but i'se keep fighting." You can imagine a person physically walking though tacks and the pain that might cause. Yet, he makes you imagine that person rising through the staircase.
The poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes also relates to the idea of the right to vote, although indirectly. The feeling the poem gives you is that you can't give up when life is difficult. While some might interpret it as a sad poem, one can also find that it is uplifting. Hughes's words are inspiring and could help Americans to understand that their pursuits are worth fighting for. The images in the poem help us see this. For example, the narrator of the poems says, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair...it's had tacks in it...but i'se keep fighting." You can imagine a person physically walking though tacks and the pain that might cause. Yet, he makes you imagine that person rising through the staircase.