Question

Translate the figurative language from the poem to literal language.

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.

Answer 1

Life for me has not been easy

It had its obstacles

And painful times

And broken boundaries

And no comfortable setting

Empty.