Answer: The south lost the civil war so they suffered.
The metaphor was used as the figurative language in the poem “Mother to Son”. She compared her life to a crystal staircase which has obstacles and unexpected corners that make the journey more difficult.“Mother to Son” poem 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
I would say the two women, sitting next to me, got up and left.
Cheers to a glass of silk milk,
Dyed with the colors of purple.
Make it like doves and pomegranates,
Get paid with gold and sliver,
The leaves look silverish
Because my birthday
is here, and so is my love
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