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The language that Langston Hughes is using by saying "Boards torn up", is trying to get a message across, that the mother in the poem did not grow up like every girls dream. She inferring that she didn't have a dream house to have race around in, or a room that contained thousands of dolls surrounding the window sill, or a expensive car. Before and after the quote above the mother also mentions that her life, " It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And places with no carpet on the floor."

Good job thinking through the language and exploring what it means for the speaker or the poet.