4. Which excerpt from the poem best captures the speaker's message to her son?
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A "Well, son, I'll tell you: /Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." (
Lines 1-2)
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OB "It's had tacks in it, / And splinters, / And boards torn up./ And
places with no carpet on the floor - /Bare." ( Lines 3-7)
OC "I'se been a-climbin' on/And reachin' landin's, / And turnin'
corners" ( Lines 9-11)
OD “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" (Lines 14-18)
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