Robert Frost's Poem Nothing Gold Can Stay
The theme of the poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” is transience, which is things of life change very quickly. The first stanza clearly introduces this theme, “Nature’s first green is gold, / Her hardest hue to hold” (1-2). The first sentence, “Nature’s first green is gold”, refers to the first scene of spring, which symbolizes the new starting, the new life, and the new cycle. Because they are new and seraphic, the poet describes them as the color of “gold”. Furthermore, the second line, “Her hardest hue to hold,” Frost points out the “gold” is “hardest to hold” because it does not last forever. “Gold” refers to things that are valuable and precious. Therefore, because it is precious, it is often very transient.
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Frost writes “Her early leaf’s a flower” (5). He uses a metaphor again in this time, at this time, he describes the first leaf as the flower, which reveals the first leaves in the spring are like flowers, they are “golden” and gorgeous. Flowers are “gold”, they are precious and colorful; meanwhile, they are also “hard to hold,” to say it differently, their beauty only last for a short period of time, just as Frost indicates in the next line, “but only so an hour” (4). This line is exaggerated, flowers often are not only last for an hour. Besides, this line clearly interprets the first four lines. The nature’s first green is gold, but it does not last long, the first leaf is a flower, it does not last long either. Both green and gold, leaf and flower are difficult to hold. Refers back to the lines, “Her early leaf’s flower, / but only so an hour,” this means the first leaf is a flower but it only last for an hour. At the point, the poet is not really referring to the nature of flowers or blooms for exactly an hour. To put it realistic, when sun rises in the morning, everything is golden and flower-like, but when the sun rises at a certain high level in the sky, everything backs into normal, what looks like golden flowers in the previous, now look like what they truly are, green
In addition, Frost uses a metaphor …show more content…
Frost writes “Her early leaf’s a flower” (5). He uses a metaphor again in this time, at this time, he describes the first leaf as the flower, which reveals the first leaves in the spring are like flowers, they are “golden” and gorgeous. Flowers are “gold”, they are precious and colorful; meanwhile, they are also “hard to hold,” to say it differently, their beauty only last for a short period of time, just as Frost indicates in the next line, “but only so an hour” (4). This line is exaggerated, flowers often are not only last for an hour. Besides, this line clearly interprets the first four lines. The nature’s first green is gold, but it does not last long, the first leaf is a flower, it does not last long either. Both green and gold, leaf and flower are difficult to hold. Refers back to the lines, “Her early leaf’s flower, / but only so an hour,” this means the first leaf is a flower but it only last for an hour. At the point, the poet is not really referring to the nature of flowers or blooms for exactly an hour. To put it realistic, when sun rises in the morning, everything is golden and flower-like, but when the sun rises at a certain high level in the sky, everything backs into normal, what looks like golden flowers in the previous, now look like what they truly are, green