Here is what I wrote in class, and I wanted to share with you what I wrote, and what Terra Stumpf responded to in my thesis for a comparison between Robert Frost and Langston Hughes.
Because of Langston Hughes's and Robert Frost's backgrounds and time periods, their poetry was quite different based off of the attitude and message from each poet. Frost was more known for having prolific poetry, taking on the ideas of the world, and finding a different direction, while Hughes exposed the positive and optimistic side of an exuberant city life. By comparing "Mending Wall" and "The Road Not Taken" by Frost with "Jukebox Love Song" and "Passing" by Hughes, differnt tones, styles, attitudes and messges will be exposed in two very different settings. Here are two passages, first from Hughes, then from Frost:
"When the kids look all new and far too clean to stay that way"
"And to whom I was like to give offense. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, that wants it down."
Terra Stumpf wrote:
Although Frost and Hughes both used different styles of writing their poems and different backgrounds to represent their poetry, they both conveyed the emotion they were writing about very effectively. Their tones and style may be different but their messages are are clearly delivered in the same way.
I agree with Terra, and now I have actually taken a new look at both of these gentlemen's poetry.
Posted by The Gentle Giant at May 3, 2006 04:54 PM