Everything Good Dies The poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is shown as a modernist poem due to the use of certain characteristics such as . Although some may say its nature because that style has been prominently shown long before modernism.This will be an essay that shows the uses of modernism in the poem “Nothing gold Can Stay” such as Rejection of a hero, Loss of the American Dream, Rejection of Traditions and Interest of the workings of the human mind. The following paragraph will show the disappearance of the american dream. It is show when they say things like “Her early leaf's a flower but only so an hour” Line 3-4. Simply stating that good things only last a certain period of time before they become obsolete or flat out dead. If you …show more content…
look in current days society it is already dead and gone because 1 no one has the current capacity to get ahead financially 2 Due to low wages the thing that we call stay at home parents don't exist in the average household because they need a higher income for there family 3 We say that it is the children that will bring it back but if we don't go to college we might as well kill ourselves but if we go to college we can make money but make more debt to the point of no return. 4 As a kid i look at things that would benefit my future things like retirement but these days no one's retirement is safe it can go away at any moment. So yeah the american dream it's dead and if it comes back it won't last long. Second Most the rejection of a hero. In this poem it rejects the hero by rejecting nature if you call that a hero.
“ Natures first green is gold her hardest hue to hold” Lines 1-2. By saying her first green is gold it is stating that the hero was a good thing in the start but as time went on the characteristics of a hero slowing died out. When they said her hardest hue to hold it shows that the traits that were once good in the hero cannot be retained as they slowly pass on and whittle and die. Third off as the reader you will read the thought behind why had interest in the human mind's inner …show more content…
workings. Its interest in the human mind can be shown as we all are born with sanity but as we live we slowly lose it just like how good things always die. Now some people may say losing your sanity can be good for somethings such as business for psych wards and what not and also for police but it is also bad because some kids lose their parents in murders. Plus if we have a utopian society someone that is insane could ruin it all with just a match so it interjects itself in the human mind because nothing good we do stays it all comes to an end or dies and in result it can be shown in the poem by restating Lines 6-7 (So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day.). Of course this shows one use of it but there is another you will read about which is rejection of tradition. It is shown by it not having a thing like Good vs evil because it says things like “Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,” Lines 5-6 this is nor good nor evil but it is neutral as it says that the leaf subsided to a leaf which no change and eden sank to grief which was on her own accord which made it so there was no fluctuation in the poem for weather it was bad or good. Also it doesn't have Young vs old because it says something may stay but when it is young it is already withering away and when it is old it does the same so it does nothing to change the theme of the statement. Although it does have beauty vs ugly where it says that in the span of an hour something can go from pure beauty of radiating gold it can grow older and become a Rusty metal and form a certain ugliness. innocence vs Wise is shown in “Nature's first green is gold” Line 1 “But only so an hour” Line 4 when something is first born it is full of innocence and has done very little to nothing wrong whereas if you give but a moment to live it can all change and become very wise for things like lying or how to deceive the people that have wronged you. This is the fourth and final example of modernism to be shown in this
essay. To Conclude i would like to add that although the american dream is dead and although everything we do means very little we still do it for the singular reason that it means alot to those around us. The future is yet to be written we decide what happens now. “Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.” William Wordsworth
These two passages “There’s Still Gold in These Hills” and “Letter From a Gold Miner” help the reader understand the history and process of gold mining in the US. Both passages give detailed information, specific instructions, and an interesting background about gold mining. These passages use different strategies to help the reader perceive the history and process. These strategies may include using specific dates of when the gold rush took place, information to help the reader picture the setting of where to find gold, and also teaches the process step by step.
The progression of the sun is used as a metaphor in the comparison of time’s effect on life, decay, and death, in order to show that through procrastination and neglect to live in the moment, the “sooner that his race be run, and nearer he’s to setting” (Herrick). Once again, the necessity for believing and participating in the concept of carpe diem perpetuates itself through the model of young love. Comparing this idea with the overarching theme of time’s inevitable passage, the speaker declares in the final stanza that “having lost but once your prime, you may forever tarry” (Herrick). With a focus on the physical, the entire process of decay here becomes a much more tangible subject to concentrate on, instead of a purely emotional outlook on
Gold is the hero. Gold is the representation of an Anglo-Saxon hero, as portrayed by Beowulf. Within the epic poem, gold, along with other treasures represents the idealized values of generosity, the pursuit of glory, and the strong desire to leave a legacy.
Nature, that washed her hands in milk” can be divided structurally into two halves; the first three stanzas constitute the first half, and the last three stanzas make up the second half. Each stanza in the first half corresponds to a stanza in the second half. The first stanza describes the temperament of Nature, who is, above all, creative. This first stanza of the first half corresponds to stanza four, the first stanza in the second half of the poem. Stanza four divulges the nature of Time, who, unlike Nature, is ultimately a destroyer. Time is introduced as the enemy of Nature, and Ralegh points out that not only does Nature “despise” Time, she has good reason for it (l. 19). Time humiliates her: he “rudely gives her love the lie,/Makes Hope a fool, and Sorrow wise” (20-21). The parallel between the temperaments of Nature and Time is continued in stanzas two and five. Stanza two describes the mistress that Nature makes for Love. This mistress, who is made of “snow and silk” instead of earth, has features that are easily broken (3). Each external feature is individually fragile: her eyes are made of light, which cannot even be touched, her breath is as delicate as a violet, and she has “lips of jelly” (7-8). Her demeanor is unreliable, as well; it is made “Only of wantonness and wit” (12). It is no surprise that all of the delicate beauty Nature creates in stanza two is destroyed by Time in stanza five. Time “dims, discolors, and destroys” the creation of Nature, feature by feature (25-26). Stanzas three and six complete the parallel. In the third stanza, the mistress is made, but in her is “a heart of stone” (15). Ralegh points out that her charm o...
The entire poem is based on powerful metaphors used to discuss the emotions and feelings through each of the stages. For example, she states “The very bird/grown taller as he sings, steels/ his form straight up. Though he is captive (20-22).” These lines demonstrate the stage of adulthood and the daily challenges that a person is faced with. The allusions in the poem enrich the meaning of the poem and force the reader to become more familiar with all of the meaning hidden behind the words. For example, she uses words such as innocence, imprisonment and captive to capture the feelings experienced in each of the stages.
In the poem we get the picture that Adam is lamenting for the mistake they have done and specially blames and insults Eve's female nature and wonders why do god ever created her. She begs his forgiveness, and pleads with him not to leave her. She reminds him that the snake tricked her, but she fully accepts the blame for sinning against both God and him. She argues that unity and love c...
This happens within the second and third stanzas. Every stanza has a distinct attitude towards the main characters perspective. This is most clearly highlighted in the diction. As stated before, the mood is explorative and understanding. A coarse word like “fire” is mentioned twice in conjunction with more light hearted words like “wand” or “flickering”. The precise first point of shift in the poem is in line 11, “But something rustled on the floor”, this is the first use of contrast in the poem, which is the word “but”. The tone from this point is clearly more happy, with words like “glimmering” and “brightening”, the lighthearted tone is far more confident than that of the text before the shift. Yet another shift occurs in the third stanza, on line 17 ,“Though I am old with wandering” Yeats says. Similar to the first shift, this is the first use of an indication of time or age. Before this point, although in past tense, no sense of day or flow of time is established. “Old” is associated to be a negative trait, Yeats use of “though” is what gives us insight to his implied tone on the aging. The pacing is much slower and less explorative, and as I said before, Yeats revisits ‘silver’. However in the later stanza, this is applied to “apples of the moon”, which in historical context is a sexual reference of forbidden fruit. The pacing, tone, focus, and overall content has shifted within the stanza, and has taken an even larger shift from the beginning. The poem progresses from an innocent, explorative mood to a matured, fulfilled [although explorative of a different natured
"The Yellow Violet" vividly expresses the nature of life in a very simple way. Bryant takes the cycle of a yellow violet and uses it to describe the humanistic world around him. It is very clever, too, that when he does this, he uses personification. A "modest flower" (2674) pops out from the dark, damp leaves below and "[makes] the woods of April bright" (2675). While the rest of the forests and fields go on with their life cycle this tiny flower does itsí best to make things pretty and happy. The persona describes this sight as an "early smile" (2675) and that is what kept a smile on his own face. Even the various blooms and colors that surface in May are not as joyful because when the violet blooms, it is the first color you see after a long winter of gray. This modesty of the meek flower is compared to that of a person. It's usually the poorer, less known people in the world that are the ones who really cheer you up. They will never let you down. As the persona in the poem points out, "So they, who climb to wealth, forget" (2675). This is the most important line of the entire poem. It is basically saying that those who are wrapped up in material things are just th...wrapped up. They are not dependable. Thus, the yellow violet is the modest person, which are far and few, who you can always count on to stand by you in the end and brighten up your day. This is the illustration of the nature of life.
A symbol of nature utilized in both poems is a flower. In full bloom, a flower is in its most beautiful and prolific state. In youth, man is in the same state of a flower in bloom, resplendent and bountiful, but the time of beauty for a flower and youth is short. Herrrick states in lines 3-4 “And this same flower that smiles today,/ Tommorrow will be dying,';(728) which is a symbol of the shortness of youth. Frost in lines 3-4 “Her early leaf’s a flower;/ But only so an hour,';(989) also symbolizes the fleeting time of youth. In the beginning, a flower and youth are filled with vitality, but in a short amount of time the flower will wilt and die, and the youth will be an adult on a passage to death.
His poetry is written in a natural language that speaks to and demonstrates common human emotions; called forth by readers' experiences in nature. He explains how nature has never betrayed his heart, and that is why he has lived a life full of joy. Therefore, he wishes her sister to indulge in the nature and be a part of it. That way, she will be able to enjoy and understand life and conquer the displeasure of living in a cruel human society.
The speaker makes an allusion to the “tree whose fruit threw death on else immortal us…” probably referring to the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden referred in Genesis. The “serpents envious” is also probably an allusion to Satan, who takes the form of a serpent in Genesis. “Lethean flood” alludes to the river Lethe in classical mythology, a river that makes a person forget everything once they have touched it. 10. The tone of the poem appears to be angry and dark due to the way that the speaker is arguing to God in a very personal and almost demanding form.
Section #1 - The Designer and Technician If I were the designer and the director of Hole, I would bring to the stage a realistic scenery of a coal mine in West Virginia. I think the narrative takes place probably a few decades from today, because of the evidence of Murphy, an old man, singing an Appalachian Love Ballad, a genre of music that is popular in the from 1900 through 1930 (“A Short History of Appalachian Traditional Music” by Debby McClatchy). As a scenic designer, I would base my designs on the box set format.
The color that is most repeated in the passage is that of the color green, or jade. When thinking of the general feelings that are associated with green, one may think of nature, of fertility, of growth, and of harmony. This is ironic because the last sentence of the passage is, “I’ll never know why this beauty was so painful to me,” (Huong, 83). While the idea of freshness and growth is presented by the author through Hang’s word “beauty,” the idea of pain is shocking because she is looking at such a beautiful landscape. Nature is such a calming environment, so why Hang feels pain is very confusing.
The poem starts off with dark imagery, which creates a feeling of sadness, but during the end of the poem the author creates an image of dark clouds vanishing and a ray of happiness shining through the darkness, which makes the reader of the poem feel happy, therefore the adjective “flourishing and blooming” was used because even though nature has its flaws, it is always overcomes by its beauty, since the beauty of nature never dies because it always grows. This poem is about how people are brought together, which is represented in every picture Margaret Avison’s poem creates. For example, nature can be “captivating” by all the scenery and landscapes, because they are a gift for us to appreciate. Nature is “beautiful”, since there is nothing that compares to the beauty of nature and nature is beautiful even in the rain. The last adjective “peaceful” can be used to describe the poem because the poem creates an image of nature and how in nature it’s relaxing, since it is a peaceful environment for people to gather
Adam Smith wrote in his masterpiece, the wealth of nations, “It is the necessary, though very slow and gradual consequence of a certain propensity in human nature which has in view no such extensive utility; the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another” (Smith, 2005). This propensity in human nature led to the development of currency – a medium of exchange accepted by a community of people. For centuries, gold and silver were used around the world as currency; in 1834 the United States, formerly on a bimetallic standard, converted to a gold de facto standard. This policy made it so the dollar was backed by gold at a ratio of $20.67 per ounce. The Gold standard was used until August 15, 1971 when President Richard Nixon