Compare and Contrast on RobertFrost "Provide, Provide" and PeterMeinke " Advice to My Son"
             Robert Frost' s "Provide, Provide" and Peter Meinke's "Advice To My Son", these two poems deserve to be compared. Frost's Poem "Provide, Provide" uses language that is in a fairly straightforward and literal way and states the theme in the final lines. Peter Meinke's "Advise to My Son"; conclude with a statement of them that is more difficult to apprehend, because it is made with figurative language and symbols. This difference will be readily apparent if you compare the final lines of Frost and Meinke in each poem.
             Frost has a more harsh way of looking at life and giving advice about success and the future, while Meinke seems more nurturing about giving his advice as a father figure.
             Frost " Die early and avoid the fate or, if pre destined to die late make up your mind to die in state"
             My interpretation if this line is, Since everyone grows old and everyone dies, it is better to make the most of ones life, and die with pride, rather than bitter and alone. This is true but could Frost be a little human about it.
             Meinke : As if each may be your last ...But at the same time, plan long range..."
             A Father tries to tell his son how to spend his time, how to live his life to the fullest. To live each day as if it might be his last, and yet still plan for the future. This seems to me a not very harsh approach on giving advice.
             Frost stanza "Some have relied on what they knew, Others on being simply true. What worked for them might work for you". Here Frost is saying, it is up to you to provide for yourself and heirs. Where is the planning? Meinke stanza " To be specific, between the peony and the rose here the speaker uses flower to represent beauty and joy, "plant squash and and spinach, turnips and tomatoes...&...