BRAINLIST!! Part 1: Annotate the poem using the stylistic techniques you have studied.
Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair, compare
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor-
Bare.
furn
But all the times ambient
I'se been a-climbin' on,
Anaphone
her Stair
case is
dangerous
diferent
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
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,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.