Cade speaks these words to Ponyboy. “Stay gold” is a reference to the Robert Frost poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny when the two hide out in the Windrixville Church. One line in the poem reads‚ “Nothing gold can stay‚” meaning that all good things must come to an end. By the end of the novel‚ the boys apply this idea to youthful innocence‚ believing that they cannot remain forever unsullied by the harsh realities of life. Here‚ Johnny urges Ponyboy to remain gold‚ or innocent. Johnny now senses the
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children had died before he died. Because of Frost’s history with death‚ his poems usually have a theme of the inevitability of death. Furthermore‚ in what ways does Robert Frost use nature imagery to underline key ideas? In his poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay‚" Frost skillfully utilizes the natural cycles of the seasons as symbolic representations of various stages in human life. This poetic
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Stancil 18 February 2014 Nothing Gold Can Stay This poem dramatizes the very human desire to hold on to what they have deemed “golden.” Frost poem basically goes through the whole cycle of life and he is retelling the history of the world in only four rimmed couplets. He starts in the season of spring but quickly changes into fall which will lead to the end of something beautiful. Frost puts his symbolism to use as well. “Nature’s first green is gold‚ her hardest hue to hold” (1‚ 2)
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just true for middle school‚ but also life in the 50s. The book The Outsiders focuses on two main cliques‚ the Greasers and the Socs. One might think that the name represents Greasers‚ and what they have to deal with‚ but the real outsiders are specific people. The outsiders are the people who dare to be different from the stereotype of their group‚ who believe people should be judged on who they are‚ not social class. Major outsiders in the book are Darry‚ Ponyboy‚ and Cherry Valance. Darry is the
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The novel The Outsiders by SE Hinton is a novel about teenage boys that are trying to live their lives to be like the rest of the community. These kids feel like they are the outsiders. Atul Gawande once said “Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But‚ precisely because they are the outsiders‚ they are usually in a poor position to fix them.” In this novel the outsiders would be the Greasers because they are poor‚ violent‚ and they don’t have parents
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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
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Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost is one of the greatest poets of our time‚ and “Nothing gold can stay” is one of the many great poems I love by him. “Nothing gold can stay” holds a special place in my heart due to it being my very last show in the Laker Marching band. Of my three years of being in Color-guard I learned to embody music‚ books‚ and poems. Spending hundreds of hours on a show based off of this poem‚ it brought the meaning of it to me to new heights. At the end of the year I did not
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writing an essay about explicating poems‚ and actually I do not really like poetry‚ although they are beautiful and interesting because I often have a hard time to understand tem. In this essay‚ I choose two poems to explicate‚ which is “Nothing Gold Can Stay” and “The Road Not Taken”. Through the process of completing this assignment‚ I have a lot of struggles such as the deeper meaning of each line‚ the grammar‚ the balance between two poems‚ and the figurative languages. Furthermore‚ when I am writing
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Robert Lee Frost (March 26‚ 1874 – January 29‚ 1963) was an American Poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is a short poem that was written in 1923. The poem read as both the rose’s blossom‚ as well as its sharpest thorn. Although the poem seems to be about the nature‚ there is an obvious connection to human beings. The poem shows common to youth in nature‚ the early theological beginning of man
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wrote Nothing Gold Can Stay in 1923‚ five years after WWII. His original poem contained more ideas about the world wars. He felt the need to change it because the first version contained a lot about the world ending and it scared people. I feel like the poem would be considered a narrative poem because it kind of tells a story. The title’s meaning is pretty obvious to me.The title is a reference to the fact that people grow and change. When a person is young they are considered gold. It could also
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