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By: Shaylyn Price
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Imagery
This poem uses leaves, flowers, and the sun to paint a picture of the stages of youth and the grief that comes when youth is gone.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
The poet compares nature to gold which is a valuable metal. This helps the reader understand how much the author cherishes natures first born.
This line is talking about how natures first green is only green for an hour. The exaggeration is used for the poet to portray how fast youth leaves you.
Tone used
The tone and theme of the poem is beauty, life, and youth.
The poem uses alliterations like
“Hardest hue to hold”
to incorporate sounds into storytelling.
The poem uses a common rhyme scheme to keep his poem easily understandable.
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
This poem is similar to the other poems in the romantics era because of its theme and tone. The poem explores theme of the nature of beauty, youth, life, and keeps a pessimistic tone. Many poems in this time have a moody tone.