The Road Not Taken Vs. Mother To Son Essay -- essays research papers

Paths are Like StairsAlthough they portray two very different writing styles, Robert frosts The Road Not Taken and Langston Hughess Mother to Son have a few things in common, especially their meanings.In The Road not Taken halt speaks of a time in his behavior where he had to make a choice, a choice of which direction his life was about to go Two roads diverged in a yellow wood / And sorry I could not travel both (1-2). Mother to Son also speaks of life in a metaphorical way, but as a staircase rather than two paths Well, son, Ill tell you / Life for me aint been no crystal stair (1-2). Later in The Road Not Taken Frost describes the appearance of each road, one as being less travelled on than the other by people before him who had to make the same decision And looked down one as far as I could / thusly took the other, just as fair / Because it was grassy and wanted wear (4,6,8). Mother to Son takes it another step as to describe the staircase the mother had to climb. She explain s how elusive it was but also how she never gave up Its had tacks in it / And splinters / And boards torn up / But all the time / Ise been a-climbin on (3-5,8-9). The Road Not Taken ends by giving a moral to us about Frosts life and the path he did take. Although Frost doesnt thoroughly explain the path he took, the reader ...