What is the central metaphor utilized in the poem? Well, son, I tell you Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
Its had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up.
And places with no carpet on the floor-
Bare
But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes gain 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-
Far I'se still gold, honey,
I'se still climbin And life for me ain't been no crystal stair

A .The narrator describes a tiring climb up a beat-up staircase, which represents her persisting through difficulties and struggles in life

B. The narrator compares a crystal staircase to her own life, symbolic of her own goals and the struggle towards them.

C. The narrator describes her climb up a dirty staircase which transforms into a crystal stair, which represents her ablity to rise above difficulties

D. The narrator describes herself going down a decrepit staircase, a figurative depiction of her continued problems.​

The weatherman warned to expect storms to occur this afternoon. is thtis sentence a verb noun adjective or adverb

Read the two excerpts from act 4, scene 3, and act 5, scene 5, of julius caesar. cassius. ha! portia? brutus. she is dead. cassius. how scaped i killing when i crossed you so? o insupportable and touching loss! upon what sickness? brutus. impatient of my absence, and grief that young octavius with mark antony have made themselves so strong—for with her death that tidings came. with this, she fell distraught, and, her attendants absent, swallowed fire. brutus. why this, volumnius. the ghost of caesar hath appeared to me two several times by night—at sardis once, and this last night, here in philippi fields. i know my hour is come. volumnius. not so, my lord. brutus. nay, i am sure it is, volumnius. thou seest the world, volumnius, how it goes. our enemies have beat us to the pit, [low alarums] it is more worthy to leap in ourselves than tarry till they push us. good volumnius, thou know’st that we two went to school together. even for that, our love of old, i prithee, hold thou my sword hilts, whilst i run on it. . so fare you well at once, for brutus’ tongue hath almost ended his life’s history. night hangs upon mine eyes; my bones would rest, that have but laboured to attain this hour. . i prithee, strato, stay thou by thy lord. thou art a fellow of a good respect. thy life hath had some smatch of honour in it. hold then my sword, and turn away thy face while i do run upon it. wilt thou, strato? which statement best compares brutus’s remarks at the death of his wife, portia, to his words before his own death? brutus shows more sadness for portia’s death than he does for his own. brutus is more philosophical about his own death than he is about portia’s. brutus uses more imagery when speaking about portia’s death than about his own. brutus reacts more matter-of-factly about his own death than he does about portia’s.

Select the sentence using an appositive to further explain the subject. the water is cold, but the sand is warm. mr. miller, the dean of the school, makes you feel very humble running in the relay, bob tripped and fell.