Compare and contrast "the road not taken" and "the seven ages of man".

The poem "The Road Not Taken" was written by Robert Frost. It is structured and consists of four stanzas. Each stanza is made up of five lines each and is written in iambic pentameter. Life is made up of a series of choices or paths. The speaker must choose which path to take.
The poem "The Seven Ages of Man" was written by William Shakespeare. It is written in free verse and is a narration of a man's life from birth to death. This poem is chronological in its narration. 
Both poems use powerful symbolic images to portray life and man's response to life.