Frost's Life And The Path example essay topic
"The Road Not Taken" ends by giving a moral to us about Frost's life and the path he did take. Although Frost doesn't thoroughly explain the path he took, the reader gets the impression it was one of integrity and hard work because the majority of people took the easy way out instead: "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I / I took the one less traveled by / And that has made all the difference" (18-20). "Mother to Son" also ends with a moral, a moral to her son. She tells him how hard the climb was and how she is still climbing to this day and that's what he will have to do. She warns him never to rest or be content where he is at and never to fall off the staircase of life: "Don't you set down on the steps / Don't you fall now / For I'se still go in', honey / I'se still ' " (15, 17-19). The writing styles in these two poems are very different as you can see.
Hughes uses a lot of slang while Frost is rather proper in his word use and sentence structure. But the moral of these two poems are the same. Whether it be a path or a staircase, there is always an easy way out. But taking that easy way might not be the best decision. Tough paths take more effort to walk just as tough staircases take longer to climb, but they both build character and that makes it all worth while. Work Cited Frost, Robert.
"The Road Not Taken". Literature and the Writing Process. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X Day, and Robert Funk. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice, 1999.567 Hughes, Langston. "Mother to Son".
5th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice, 1999.587.