Poetry Comparison Essay

The poems “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, and “Advice To My Son” by J. Peter Meinke each explore themes of how to approach our own lives. Each of these poems takes a different approach, theme and setting to convey their own message while maintaining similar themes. ADD ANOTHER SENTENCE HERE TO LENGTHEN ESSAY. Each of these poems follow a similar idea, about how the choices we make in our lives can affect who we are and where we end up in life, but each goes about it through separate narratives. In Frost’s poem, the narrator is speaking directly to the audience about their experiences, and about how their choices affected them in the long run, as stated with “I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.” (19-20). In Meinke’s poem, the narrator is a father speaking to his son about his experience and …show more content…
However as for Advice To My Son, the symbolism can be subject to some interpretation by the reader. Lines such as “the shattered windshield and the bursting shell / you will arrive / at our approximation here below / of heaven or hell)” (7-10) or “beauty is nectar / and nectar, in a desert saves- / but the stomach craves stronger sustenance / than the honied vine” (13-16) don’t lend themselves as easily to obvious interpretation compared to Frost’s poem. The Road Not Taken begins with “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood / And sorry I could not travel both” (1-2) as well as ending by “I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.” (19-20). These lines, however, have a much simpler and more direct interpretation of taking the more difficult path, as it will be worth the effort in the