Robert Frost wrote Nothing Gold Can Stay in 1923, Frost wrote this poem out of fear that the world would end, he did not publish the entire poem and modified the first section. The first section is whatś featured in print. By not publishing the entire piece, this leads me to believe he may have feared judgement, or the original work was for a specific audience. The style of this particular poem is a narrative, a poem that tells a story. This poem tells the story of how maybe the world might be ending, even though that is not in the finished, published poem. Nothing Gold can Stay means that everything eventually will change, you can't hold on to something forever. Nothing Gold can stay, nothing perfect will stay forever, like if you draw a …show more content…
Gold referring to the pure. The passage of time in the poem if you look at just the words and not the true meaning behind the poem is the passing time of the seasons, specifically Spring, and then turns to either probably Fall or Winter. Frost also talks about dawn to day, which may talk about a baby turning into a child, or a child to an adult. While The poem does have the word "Her" included, Frost does not list any characters in Nothing Gold Can Stay. The 'name' "Eden" refers to a garden in the religion of Christianity. Frost is hiding, or at least never published the part about, the end of the world. This may lead one to believe he did not want to cause panic among people, because they listened to him. Though he still wanted to get some point across, as evident of him publishing the …show more content…
The repetition in the poem follows an AABBAABB beat or rhythm. The rhyming word, or last word of every line in order is: gold, hold, flower, hour, leaf, grief, day, stay. the repetition is a fairly simple one and not incredibly complex. The only real sense in the poem is the use of sight if you take the words literally and not the true meaning behind the poem. The aforementioned sight could be of the first leaf, that is a flower, and seeing Eden sinking to grief and dawn going down to day. The poem is setting the image of nature, and plants, if taking the words and not the true meaning behind the poem in to consideration. As was mentioned in "Use of the Senses in the Poem" showing how Eden sank to grief and dawn going down to day. The Language in the poem is soft and gentle, in the beginning at least, but grows darker and slightly more depressing as the poem progresses, talking about how Children grow up and lose their purity. (Represented in "Dawn goes down to day") There is rhyming, an AABBAABB rhyme
The alliteration used is to emphasize rhythm in the poem. On the other hand, the poet also depicts a certain rhyme scheme across each stanza. For example, the first stanza has a rhyme scheme of this manner a, b, c, d, e, a. With this, the rhyme scheme depicted is an irregular manner. Hence, the poem does not have a regular rhythm. Moreover, the poet uses a specific deign of consonance, which is present in the poem (Ahmed & Ayesha, p. 11). The poet also uses the assonance style depicted in the seventh stanza, “Seven whole days I have not seen my beloved.” The letter ‘o’ has been repeated to create rhythm and to show despair in the poem. On the second last line of the seventh stanza, the poet uses the style of consonance, “If I hug her, she’ll drive illness from me. By this, the letter ‘l’ is repeated across the line. The poet’s aim of using this style of Consonance is to establish rhythm in the poem and add aural
The dress is gold, because it represents how “pure” she is, almost as “pure as gold”. All the outward “seasons” never affected her.
Adding on to the previous paragraph, Frost in the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” Frost uses an allusion in “So Eden sank to grief So dawn goes down to day Nothing gold can stay”(lines 6-8). This is an allusion because it refers to the story of Adam and Eve in which both are in paradise but are soon thrown out after giving in to temptation. This helps to convey the
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" also has a personal sense to it, but the author of this poem, Robert Frost, does not try to make the same connection with his readers. Allegory is put to use in this poem with the case of nature. Instead of using personal pronouns to draw the reader into the story as Owen does, Frost uses them to personify nature, always referring to it as "her". The opening lines of the poem say, "Nature's first green is gold / Her hardest hue to hold". This is a common occurrence in writing, especially when dealing with nature. By personifying nature as a woman, rather than just an object, the reader is able to connect more with that character. This is because it is easier for humans to relate to another person than it is for them to relate to an object, even if only on paper.
Everywhere around the world, for 21 centuries, all men and women, boys and girls, lose their innocence and cannot gain it back. The Outsiders is a book of depression, death, fear, grief, and a group of friends that act tough but are soft of the insides. The poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost describes a character in the Outsiders by S.E Hinton in metaphorical ways. The first line of this delightful poem is “Nature's first green is gold”.
The Tragic Impermanence of Youth in Robert Frost's Nothing Gold Can Stay In his poem "Nothing Gold can Stay", Robert Frost names youth and its attributes as invaluable. Using nature as an example, Frost relates the earliest green of a newborn plant to gold; its first leaves are equated with flowers. However, to hold something as fleeting as youth in the highest of esteems is to set one's self up for tragedy. The laws of the Universe cast the glories of youth into an unquestionable state of impermanence.
The poem states that everything eventually comes to an end and that not even gold can remain unchanged. The poem explains this theme with many metaphors about everything that’s coming to an end. Freeman explains that “Even the poem's rhymes contribute to this sense of inevitability: Nature's gold we (or She) cannot hold; the flower lasts only an hour; the post flower leaf is like Eden's grief; the coming of day means that dawn's gold cannot stay”(2). The poem explains that everything has a natural cycle and that nothing lasts forever. When the poem states “nothing can stay gold”, Frost looks back at the flower and the time of day and implies that it all comes to an end.
“ Nothing Gold can Stay” ((Frost, Robert); Kennedy, X.J.; Gioia, Dana)by Robert Frost shares with the reader a message of wisdom by using examples of the changing of seasons. It gives the reader a feeling that in life there is change, and examples are given throughout the poem. Robert Frost creates a bittersweet tone through the uses the literal element of alliteration, metaphor, allusion and personification. Innocence is unrecoverable and inescapably lost.
Nor does it tell whether it is to do with the weather or changes in seasons with the colors. Although, it does mention how much of gold can stay with is nothing and that gives people at least a clue to what the poem is about. It does imply multiple possibilities in which could be the changes in color of the leaves and trees in the fall or just natural seasons with the gold colors. Although there is no repitition used occasionally in any sentences or phrases, the word "gold" is used at least 3 times including the title.
There is a rhythm throughout the poem with strong rhyme, this pattern is like heavy breathing you have when you try to go to sleep it could also represent the rhythmical counting of sheep.
From this, we can gather that it is springtime which brings me to my next topic symbolism. I would say that symbolism is an important tool that she uses in this poem. The first symbol i noticed was springtime. Springtime is often associated with rebirth but it is also cyclical implications. Which pushes the idea that life has certainties one of them being the seasons.
The first line of the poem gives us an image of a flower. This image makes the poem soft, straight from the start. The flower gives a young image in my head that shows youth. The second line means that you lose your good looks when you grow old. We see another image of a flower in line three and four when it says “And this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying.”
... In all three poems, change is represented as a transition between seasons with the narrator being enthralled by the present and not wanting time to change what they have. In “Reluctance” the seasons are more than actual seasons as the display a turning point in the narrators where he must decide to embrace change or follow his heart. In “Spring Pools” and “Nothing Gold Can Stay” the narrators both emphasize the short-lived beauty of nature because of the change in seasons and want so desperately the delay that change. However, both narrators almost reluctantly come to the conclusion that change can bring more beauty but are worried to lose what they have in the present. Frost’s mastery of poetry, nature, and human behavior are beautifully intertwined in these poems to create powerful messages that will continue to be relevant as mankind struggles to accept change.
Her early leaf’s a flower; /But only so an hour (3-4). “Nothing Gold Can Stay” represents Hazel’s and Augustus’s relationship. To Hazel, Augustus was “gold”, which symbolize the most beautiful things in life, but does not stick around very long. Augustus was that beautiful thing in her life, but her beautiful thing in life could not stick
The poem is showing how many people are questioning the way Frost conducts himself and his happiness. Everything in Frost’s poem up until the last stanza is dark and depressing. An example of this is, “Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.” (Frost, Lines 7 and 8). Frost is so consumed in the sadness, that its very dark around him. The last stanza is where Frost’s hopefulness is presented. The happiness is hinted towards, “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.” (Frost, Lines 13 to 16). He has promised himself to always keep moving forward and focusing on the goodness that life has to offer. Frost knows that he isn’t quite there yet, but he will not give up. He emphasizes his perseverance by reaping himself twice when he says “And miles to go before I sleep,” (Frost, Line 15). He had a break through and knows that he cannot give up. He is taking the little bit of happiness he knows to transform his life completely too where he is happy with every aspect of it. He is taking the hope that he does have and running with it, not looking back at the despair he feels that surrounds