mother to son by langston hughes

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Across
  1. 2. The son is told not to ________
  2. 4. The poem's overall theme is about
  3. 6. The stair has painful ________
  4. 8. The poet's last name
  5. 9. The poem is a ________ from mother to son
  6. 11. The mother warns: don't ________ down
  7. 14. The speaker says she's still ________
  8. 15. Sometimes she climbs in the ________, with no light
Down
  1. 1. Broken parts of the stair
  2. 3. The stair has no ________ on the floor
  3. 5. The stair is not made of ________
  4. 7. The mother tells her son not to ________ back
  5. 10. The poem uses the image of a ________ to describe life
  6. 12. Sharp objects mentioned on the stair
  7. 13. The mother keeps ________ despite hardships