In "mother to son," how does langston hughes use the image of a person climbing a broken staircase? a. as a simile that compares the relationship the speaker has with her son to the staircase b. as the resolution to the conflict faced by the speaker, whose life has been difficult c. as a metaphor for the poem's main idea that a person should keep trying in difficult circumstances d. as an allusion to a famous fairy tale about a princess who must escape hardship by climbing steps

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”