To that end, managing client expectations presents moments when the consultant should exercise their expertise to inform the client that what they are asking for is not in their best interest. In other words, sometimes you just have to say ânoâ.
Summary: Discusses the use of metaphors in the poem, Mother to Son, by Langston Hughes. Describes Hughes' use of stylistic devices such as figurative language, diction, and rhythm. Explores the poem's basic message. Every mother wants to see her child succeed in life.
The impossibility of communication between parents and daughters, another common theme in poems about daughters, is beautifully conveyed in Rita Doveâs The Bistro Styx, where a mother must restrain her disapproval of her daughterâs wayward lifestyle in Paris in exchange for a desired intimacy, which never comes.