Essay One Rough Draft
INTRODUCTION:
Everyone has a dream in life; following it can be the most important thing in ones life. The Road Not Taken written by Robert Forest and Harlem written by Langston Hughes discuss the importance of following your dreams. Frost does a better job at expressing to his readers about going after their dreams unlike Hughes who leaves the readers unsettled. However, Hughes gives the readers a deeper understanding of the consequences one faces if they procrastinate their dreams.
BODY ONE:
Robert Frost and Langston Hughes both use similar literary devices to show the reader what happens when you do and do not go after your dreams in life. Both poets used a metaphor to conclude their poems. In lines eighteen through …show more content…
Even though everyone has a dream people generally find a reason to not pursue it. The use of imagery in Harlem intensifies the readers understanding of the consequences. For example, in lines four where Hughes places the image of a festering sore, or line six where the images of rotten meat can bring a reader back to a time he or she once smelled something awful. Even though Langston Hughes expressed the consequences of procrastinating ones dreams and goals Robert Frost provides a clearer understanding to the reader the importance of following ones dreams.
CONCLUSION:
Both Robert Frost and Langston Hughes created poems to help people understand the importance of following their dreams. Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken gives the reader undoubtedly more details on why following your dreams are so important. Where as Langston Hughes’s perspective in his poem Harlem expresses to the reader the consequences of putting something important off. Both poems express an extremely important concept. No one lives forever and following one’s dreams can be one of the most important things someone does in their
INTRODUCTION:
Everyone has a dream in life; following it can be the most important thing in ones life. The Road Not Taken written by Robert Forest and Harlem written by Langston Hughes discuss the importance of following your dreams. Frost does a better job at expressing to his readers about going after their dreams unlike Hughes who leaves the readers unsettled. However, Hughes gives the readers a deeper understanding of the consequences one faces if they procrastinate their dreams.
BODY ONE:
Robert Frost and Langston Hughes both use similar literary devices to show the reader what happens when you do and do not go after your dreams in life. Both poets used a metaphor to conclude their poems. In lines eighteen through …show more content…
Even though everyone has a dream people generally find a reason to not pursue it. The use of imagery in Harlem intensifies the readers understanding of the consequences. For example, in lines four where Hughes places the image of a festering sore, or line six where the images of rotten meat can bring a reader back to a time he or she once smelled something awful. Even though Langston Hughes expressed the consequences of procrastinating ones dreams and goals Robert Frost provides a clearer understanding to the reader the importance of following ones dreams.
CONCLUSION:
Both Robert Frost and Langston Hughes created poems to help people understand the importance of following their dreams. Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken gives the reader undoubtedly more details on why following your dreams are so important. Where as Langston Hughes’s perspective in his poem Harlem expresses to the reader the consequences of putting something important off. Both poems express an extremely important concept. No one lives forever and following one’s dreams can be one of the most important things someone does in their