If 'And Mother To Son'

The poems, "If" and "Mother to Son" are both poems that addresses that the central idea is a life lesson. Both writings are similar because, they both have a similar central idea. Both authors convey this idea there are similarities and differences. Although, the poems have the same idea, there are similarities and differences. The poems come across life edvice.
"If" and "Mother to Son" are similar in a way because, they are both about teaching a life lesson. In both poems it about teaching their sons about life and how sometimes things can get hard. Also that their is going to be obstacles in life but that they need to overcome it. In "If," it says, "If you can't yourself when all men doubt you" are just a few, but there is many in "If".