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"Nothing Gold Can Stay"-Robert Frost

By: Shaylyn Price

"Nothing Gold Can Stay"

-by Robert Frost

Connection and imagery

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

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.

Figurative language used in the poem

Figurative language

Metaphor

1

“Natures first green is gold”

The poet compares nature to gold which is a valuable metal. This helps the reader understand how much the author cherishes natures first born.

Metaphor in line 1

Personification

Personification

“Her hardest hue to hold”

Nature is being talked about as a “her”. This personification is used to show the readers what the poet is comparing. He is comparing youth to nature.

Hyperbole

Hyperbole

“But only so an hour”

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

Tone and sound

The tone and theme of the poem is beauty, life, and youth.

Alliterations

Sound

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.

Structure and comparing

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.

Romantic poets

Connecting

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.

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