I'm absolutely done with snow now. Nature needs to hurry up and get warm already because I'm ready for spring. The Great Irrawaddy has failed to change the weather like I asked.
On my thoughts of snow it is a pro con situation. At times I like it and at times I don't. I don't like the snow whenever I wanna go outside and play ball or something else. However, I do like the snow whenever we miss days of school when I don't feel like going but we have a lot of makeup days.
Snow is fine with me, until track practice. Then it is just ridiculous. In a perfect world, it'd be 60 degrees and sunny for track, and then whatever else the weather wanted to do any other time. I like to relax at home, but I do not like to freeze my butt off at track for an hour and a half.
This poem is about cherishing the things you love. It states, "Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour." Frost is saying that good things do not last forever, and not to take advantage of them. The theme is losing someone or something you love, and the realization that nothing lasts, shown by the line, "Nothing gold can stay". Another possible theme could be change. The poem says, "Nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold." proving that it could be discussing the inevitable changes throughout life. The "leaf's" colors change, just like people change, physically and within their personalities.
This poem by Robert Frost "Nothing Gold Can Stay" mentions a lot about nature and how it changes.Some people think of ideas and different things this poem could be about but I think the poem is talking about nature itself. Nature does change color year round and even turns gold sometimes. The gold cannot stay although, that is why "nothing gold can stay. In the poem references to nature and leaves are made, but that is to just help explain how Frost likes nature and leaves and doesn't like it when they disappear. People are looking to deep into this poem. It mentions Eden in it which could be taken different ways. I believe Frost just had a nice place outdoors where he would go and sit , and that was his Eden. He wouldn't want to leave the place because it was so beautiful and he knew it would be gone soon because nature changes so quickly. This is what Frost is writing about. We are looking to deep into it and we cannot see that it is solely about nature.
I can see where you were going with this. I think that this is actually what this poem could be about when taken in the literal sense of what Frost is saying. Very good analysis.
I think this poem is about nature, mainly fall. There are many indicators in the poem, both direct and indirect, that it’s about nature. The main one being that it does directly talk about nature. The poem also talks a lot about leaves also. But this doesn’t prove it since it could just be a reference or symbolism. “Nature’s first green is gold,” this is a reference to the green leaves on trees, which are the first leaves, turn gold, which marks the fall. “Her hardest hue to hold,” refers to the fact that when leaves turn colors, they start falling off which means they are hard to hold. It says that Eden, the garden where Adam and Eve were, sank to grief. Meaning that nature is becoming less beautiful. So there is enough evidence to argue that this poem is about nature.
You have some strong evidence, but it seems as though you my need more. Another point is that you say leaves may not prove it, and then your first point is about leaves.
This is pretty good but I have to disagree with the whole nature theme. I don't think that Frost would try to complicate things if he was just trying to say "the leaves change color and then die!"
In the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost there can be a numerous amount of meanings and themes taken from it. In my opinion I think that this poem is about youth itself as in relating to childhood and growing up. Within the poem Frost states, "Nature's first green is gold, / Her hardest hue to hold. / Her early leaf's a flower; / But only so an hour." This is saying that when you're young you're free and happy in the world. You have little cares and you're like this golden leaf. However, staying young and your childhood doesn't last forever for as time passes you grow older and older and soon your childhood is gone in a wisp of the wind. As you can see childhood doesn't last forever as in relation to this poem. As I have referred to this poem is a representation of the youth of our lives and our childhood. More lines from this poem that fit this state, "Then leaf subsides to leaf. / So Eden sank to grief, / So dawn goes down to day. / Nothing gold can stay." As our childhood depletes and we grow older our happiness and our free joy in the world whisks away. We begin to grow dull and undergo tremendous changes all of a sudden. Childhood isn't forever so we should cherish it and enjoy with the tie that we are in it. It's not always going to be there for it will eventually fade away. Based on the evidence I have provided I think Robert Frost's poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay", is a representation of our youth and childhood.
The poem is most aligned with the idea of youth. This is strongly supported by many different parts within the poem. To start off with the very first line, "Nature's first green is gold." This indicates youth by the mere statement of the word "first." This word means that it is the beginning, and correlates with youth quite frequently. Another part of this line is when it states "nature." Nature is all about life and cycles. Within life it is usually about innocence and youth, new beginnings within the cycles of life. So just within the first line we can see that it is strongly related to the idea of youth.
Then throughout the rest of the poem it still includes words or phrases that can make the reader believe that the main point within the poem is the idea of youth. One of these phrases is when it states "So dawn goes down to day." Going back to the idea of cycles and new beginnings in nature, the cycle of night and day starts with dawn. It is the beginning of a new day, and during this time the day is still in a youthful state because it is only just the beginning of it. A final word that would help support the idea of youth, is when he states, "early." Again going back to the thoughts of beginning being closely tied with youth. The use of early means it is just beginning, and within the beginning it is youthful.
I agree, your opinion can really tie into anything. Whether it be happiness, love, money.. There's always a first.. and it's a new beginning and new start.
The theme most evident in the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is the element of life. The author discretely throws in evidence to support the claim of life, and how quickly it can leave throughout this poem. I believe the author loses someone in the poem, most likely a loved one and describes the loss and the passing of life within this person. For example, "Her hardest hue to hold" can connect to her color fading in her face or body, as life passes by. Also, "So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay." Here, the author is using allusion in making a connection to Eden, Eden was a beautiful garden, but unfortunately sank to grief, without taking a literal stance on this it can be a connection to the woman Frost is talking about as she transforms from beautiful to sad. Also, the next lines include "nothing gold can stay" which could take on the meaning of "good things always die," as the woman that he spoke so highly of has died and now there is nothing gold in his life. As you can tell, life is a heavily used element in this poem and is a very important theme.
Good connections between the poem and real life situations. Especially the hardest hue to hold and the color leaving someones body when they are passing away.
I think the theme of this poem is about nature but there is also a greater meaning to it as well. "Nature's first green is gold" could be talking about the beginning of spring. Leaves turn a kind of yellowish color, like gold, before they actually turn green. The line "Her early leaf's a flower" is also turn for many trees who flower during early spring. "But only so an hour / Then leaf subsides to leaf." Here the poem takes a turn and could possibly mean that spring is turning into summer and autumn. During these times the beauty of nature seems to dry up and die; leaves and other plants die form heat or the changing of the seasons. The deeper meaning of this poem could be taking about having someone close that you love but then they leave you. When you truly love someone you fell happy and life seems perfect. During spring many of us fell the same way so the author could be using this as a metaphor. Towards the end of the poem when he is talking about spring changing into summer/autumn and the plants losing their beauty this could be a metaphor for losing that person you love. When you lose someone you truly love your world turns dark and everything looks sad. When leaves are dying they turn a dark, ugly brown and it makes everything look sad.
This is an interesting take on this poem. I like how you connected the with the after effects of the leaves, the ugly brown remains, it really supports the idea that someone/something important leaves you shriveled up and broken.
I believe this represents a first love. "Natures first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold." This is representing first love, young and inexperienced and that the happiness with that won't last forever. Frost continues this idea by saying "Her leaf's a flower; but only so an hour" This is representing how quickly 'love' can fade. "Nothing gold can stay".. I believe this enforces the idea that not everything is forever. Whether it be happiness or love.. It's not always gonna be there. This poem is negative but in a beautiful way. Using nature to represent multiple ideas of happiness and fortune. Frost uses this poem to show the idea that just because things are going well, doesn't mean it will stay that way.. So appreciate what you have when you have it.
This is a very good idea towards the theme of this poem. First love always seems like the best thing in the world but it can fade quickly. We do need to appreciate what we have when we have it instead of wishing for more.
The poem ¨Nothing Gold Can Stay"by Robert Frost isn't trying to use symbolism in the poem. The theme of the poem is simply nature. In line three of the octave poem it states ¨Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour.¨ At the beginning of Spring all the trees have little flower buds at the end of their branches. This only occurs in spring because that's when all the trees are getting a fresh start from the winter. After the first of the year there are only leaves on the trees. The don't stick around very long because the seasons have to change. In line one and two of the poem it states ¨Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.¨ These lines are talking about fall. In the fall all the leaves turn different colors, red, orange, gold. The colors don't stay very long because all the leaves fall off because their season is ending. Fall is the most beautiful time of the year but it can't stay long. Therefore, it is the hardest hue to hold because once the colors are here, they fall of the tree and don't come back again until next year. When the leaves turn from green to gold it is like nature is completely changing. You have to catch a glimpse of natures ¨gold" before it is gone because it can't but kept long.
The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" brings up many questions about the overall theme is. Some people say that it is life. Others say it is money. However I say that the theme of this poem is Purity and Innocence.
The main reason that I believe this is because of a recurring sense that the poem is representing a child with the leaves of a tree. The poem states that the leaf is first green, but only for a short while. As time passes the leaf changes color representing a change in purity, and finally the leaf falling off of the tree where the cycle begins again. A baby is also born into the Earth bearing no sin making it pure, but as time passes the baby grows and inevitability commits sin breaking its purity. Further in time the baby will grow up and die, leaving behind children of it's own (leaves being replaced by new leaves). The phrase "nothing gold can stay" means that all pure things will be corrupted as time passes and can't stay in the world we live in.
I feel that this poem is about how a mother has a child. This may not make sense at first, but if you think about how this poem is structured, it goes from youth to getting older and leaving. As the poem states, "Nature's first green is gold her hardest hue to hold." This interpreting to how a new born child is golden to the new mother, but the child will get older as she does; the child is still golden but keeps growing. This growing up can be explained when the poem says, "Her early leaf's a flower; but only so an hour." This meaning the child is young and sprouting, but wont stay young long because the child must grow into an adult. I feel that their is a shift in this poem with my interpretation. As we all know everyone must get old and die, we all grow old with our parents and well everyone we know around us. The shift in this poem is when it says, "So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay." These three lines tell so much within them. For the first one: When Robert Frost puts Eden in their that's referring to the child since Eden is a place that gives you everything, the child gave the mother happiness and everything she wanted. The Eden(child) sank to grief because his mother is old and dying, everything has a certain life span and the mother has ran hers out. So towards the end of the poem the theme reverses; it was the mother seeing the child as golden then getting green as it grew up, but then the child sees the mother golden for being there and taking care of him/her. Then the mother gets green because she is sick and dies, meaning nothing gold can stay. Don't take anything or anyone for advantage. In this interpretation the mother and child have a strong bond, but both lose their gold because that's what happens in life. A cycle of receiving gold and losing it.
I believe the poem is about life. ¨Nothing gold can stay"can mean a lot of things and is a very powerful statement. To me i see this statement as a meaning to life. This is because everyone has there ups and downs and goes through something in there life were they lose something. Like the poem life goes by and new experiences happen throughout.
Life is something different for every person and like this poem it provides us with ups and downs of life. I know this because the poem states ¨but only so an hour,¨ and ¨nothing good can stay.¨ These both show how life can be hard some days and no matter what you will eventually lose something important in your life. This is also true because ¨ her early leaf's a flower.¨ Which means beauty is a gift that is shown in life so don't take life to seriously or it will come to an end like ¨so Eden sank to grief.¨ This is a perfect example of life because the garden of Eden was the birth of all life and there perfect life came to an end soon because life comes with grief and nothing good can stay.
This poem is about I know this because the title is "nothing gold can stay" this is saying gold can't stay in one place for too long because people always want it. An example of this is the California gold rush because people from all over the country when to California to get gold because it was extremely valuable.
Another reason I know the poem is about money is when it says "natures first green is gold" this is referring to money and how people will constantly pay for gold. An example of this is how there are always those commercials about how people want to buy your old gold stuff.
The poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost is about the loss of happiness throughout life. Gold/yellow is symbolic of happiness. So when plugged into the title, poem can be read as nothing happy ever stays. In the first line of the poem, it reads, ‘Nature’s first green is gold’. Yellow is often associated with happiness and green is often associated with youth and vitality. As children, we are blissfully unaware of the cold, bitter things in the world, so we are left happy. But after experiencing the hate and negative things, it is hard to maintain this happiness because we are aware of them, thus ‘Her hardest hue to hold’.
The idea of this loss of happiness throughout a person’s life is further expanded upon later in the poem. This idea is especially prevalent in the lines ‘Leaf subsides to leaf’ and ‘So Eden sank to grief’. By repeating leaf, it gives a very monotonous, passing feeling, sort of like years passing. When joined with the second line, it could be interpreted to mean that this person/ourselves are getting more and more unhappy with their/our lives as they pass on. Eden is a representation of a perfect life, but in this poem it sinks down to the opposite end of the spectrum, similar to growing up from a blissful child to an adult. "Nothing gold can stay" means that nothing happy can last forever.
I agree with you like how you used symbolism with colors and the loss of happiness. Try explaining into more details of the quotes you used like so eden sank to grief.
I didn't think of the symbolic meaning of what gold and yellow means. So the over all theme happiness but you could also connect innocence to it as well.
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.
I believe this poem Nothing Gold Can Stay is about nature. I do not think that anything is tied into it from Robert frost's life. the woman that is in it is just mother nature and Eden is "her" land. I believe this poem is about nature and the seasons it goes through because in the poem it says "Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour." this quote is stating how spring goes to summer with a blink of an eye. With this said the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay is nothing special just a poem about nature.
The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" you can have many different meanigs behind, but when I read into the poem I take it as life itself. At the beginging of the poem Frost starts with the statement "Nature's first green is gold," and I took it as that when you are born you precious and as you grow but you mature, like a plant changing colors. Another line in the pom that expresses the theme of life is, "Her early leaf's a flower; / But only so an hour." This shows the conection of life by having the image of a flower during the fall chaging from green to yet another color, sometimes even gold. Though at the end of that line come with ending of the gold which connects to the point of how we all have the time in our lives were we feel like we are someone new, like the expression "they turned over a new leaf", but then the same you start all over.
Throughout the entire poem Frost talks about nature and how it changes though time just like people do. The end of the poem you get the connection to Eden and the bible story, which makes me think of the beginging of life and how it all started. "So dawn goes down to day / Nothing gold can stay," are the las two lines in the poem which leaves the reader the image of the mornings with the sun rising to come day. This is why I belive that the poem is about life itself.
The main idea of the is poem could be all the things we talked about but the overall theme of it is going from a time of inexperience to experience. Whether this be in life, money, happiness, youth, innocence, or fame it is about going from being unknown to known. For example, when the poem states “Nature’s first green is gold.” In the retrospects of life this could mean that at the beginning of life your untainted, inexperienced in the way of things that are bad. However, from the moment you're born you're pushed to grow to stop being such a child and so you’re thrown into experience and by the time someone wants you to stop growing you’ve already grown and you can’t go back to the way it was before, such as the poem talks about. In the way of happiness it could mean that when you become happy in that moment your estatic your uplifted but as your continue you get use to being happy and continue your life taking it for granted until that moment when you realize that you aren't anymore and then want it back more than anything. Another example of this could be when he states, “Her hardest hue to hold.” In the relation to fame this could be about the fleet of fame and how at one second you could be immensely popular and in the next your forgotten. Many stars who were big at one time have faded and have gone unremembered because the only true way to have fame is to continue to shock people and if you stop doing that and stop putting yourself out there then typically you’ll fall from the graces of fame. To conclude the overall theme of this poem is going from inexperienced to experienced or unknowing to knowing.
By starting you should make it sound like a fact instead of a belief. Your thesis, or your answer to the prompt, isn't easy to find either. I had to go back and find what it was to understand the second paragraph. Other than that it was great!
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” is perhaps the most intriguing poem we’ve analyzed thus far. At an initial glance, this seems to be a simplistic, almost elementary octave poem concerning worldly views. However, as we discovered through deeper scrutiny, it is a much more complex piece of work which develops a variety of timeless subjects. In my opinion, this masterpiece authored by Robert Frost explores the idea of innocence; an idea of which I find cannot be completely chronicled, yet is beautifully outlined here by Frost. The beginning line, “Nature’s first green is gold,” causes me to reflect on the behavior of an infant. They originate from an entirely innocent state, wholly unaware of the evils of mankind. This total ignorance is precious, hence the use of the word, “gold,” although is also tragically fleeting, as described in line 2, “Her hardest hue to hold.” The beauty of existing in the unknown is magnificent, and we see in line 3 that in the beginning this natural state is among the most glorious creations of nature; a flower. Though yet again it can be withdrawn instantly, as described in line 4, “But only so an hour.” When the impeccable perfection of innocence is grasped by the terrors of reality, the owner is transformed from grandeur to normalcy; flower to leaf (line 5). The loss of this rare treasure is grievable enough, but is also the natural order of life; “Nothing gold can stay.”
I feel that the theme of this poem is about money. I feel it's about money because in the poem it says, "Nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold." This quote makes think about how money is hard to keep. Some people have to pay for their house, things they need etc. So this particular quote shows how it's hard to hold on to money, because most of the time you have to spend it on things. In the poem it also says,"Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour." This quote also makes me feel that the theme of the poem is about money. The first sentence of this quote could be saying that money starts off good and happy like a flower, but then leaves quickly meaning, the money is gone right when you get it. The poem also says,"Nothing gold can stay," which could mean that a good thing in life cannot stay like money because it's hard to keep.
In the poem "Nothing Gold can Stay" I believe the theme represents the fall from fame. In the line "her hardest hue to hold" it states that fame is difficult to hold onto after it is obtained. "Her early leaves a flower, but only so an hour" implies that the first great thing you do may only last a short time then fade away. "Then leaf subsides to leaf" or the fame leads onto others. "So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down by day" you miss the past that so quickly went by, day by day you only want to be the person you were once known as. "Nothing gold to stay" fame may be achieved but will always fade away.
This poem represents the fall from fame, that glory will never stay, so that others will experience it and feel the loss of it.
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert frost has a more complex meaning than we see when we first take a look at it. Its meaning is much deeper than just describing Earths’ nature. The meaning of the poem is that in life, things can disappear quickly, so you should grab on to them while you can before they are gone. In the second and third line of the poem the author states, “Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower;” The idea of nature having an easy or hard time holding onto something is an example of personification. And not only is nature personified here, it's actually made into a female figure. Meaning, the woman cannot contain her color. It could be symbolized as she is depressed or ill; so she may look sick or very pale. The third line is showing that flowers will bloom so pretty and bright at first and look healthy in their early stages of life, but eventually and they will die. “So Eden sank to grief.”(6) This is representing a man that is upset over a loss or an accident that may of happened. In this poem, it is showing the loss of a woman that could have died or left him. The last line in the poem is also the title of the poem, “Nothing gold can stay.” What Frost is trying to say is that things that first come into your life are usually good things. Gold is good, but then he counteracts at that and says it cannot stay. So relating this back to the actual meaning of the poem; good things don’t always continue on with you in life, so hold on to what you have before it is gone.
I think this poem has many different meanings, but can mostly be summed up into one word: youthfulness. Not just youthfulness in the physical sense but also in the mental and emotional sense, maintaining that innocence and happiness that is often associated with being a child. The line “Her hardest hue to hold” represents how hard it often is to stay positive and how, at a point, you have to let go the notion of being youthful physically. However you don’t have to let go of it mentally, it is hard to keep that same childish excitement around you after so many years, but its not impossible.
The phrase “So Eden sank down to grief” is obviously allusion to the Garden of Eden. The fall of Eden is associated with the ending of something great, perhaps here it is talking about the loss of being young completely. The world often twists our childhood views of things and so threw the years everything lose its magic, suddenly the garden falls and the golden haze is gone.
The poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost is about money. The first line states “Nature’s first green is gold” and the symbolism of the color green infers that it is money. Whenever someone earns money in life the person becomes happy and society acts like the money earned is like gold. “Her hardest hue to hold” infers that money is hard to keep from spending. Most everything in life costs money and it is hard to hold because of the lack of money someone has or simply because of greed. The next line “Her early leaf’s a flower; / but only so an hour” also refers to the meaning that when society earns money it is beautiful. It does not take someone long to spend money until it gone. The next few lines capture the heart of the poem. The allusion from the Bible “Eden sank to grief” relates to money. When Adam and Eve were in the garden they didn’t need to spend anything to receive. Once Adam and Eve were kicked out of the garden, “...sank to grief” they realized that they had been given everything in the garden. This was the turn of society. Adam and Eve and practically everyone else after them now had to learn to earn necessities on their own. This is where money comes into play to ‘buy’ items and basic needs. Frost then sums up the poem with “Nothing gold can stay.” The need to buy material goods has caused money vanish from our pockets.
“Nothing Gold can Stay” has a deep meaning of youth and innocence. This poem suggests that when we are born we are innocent and blind to the bad side of the world. However, as we grow older, the mask comes off and we see both good and bad; our innocence is taken and we begin to realize that life will have its ups and downs. This suggestion is prevalent in the poem with our beginnings marked as gold, but when the truth is revealed that brilliant gold is dull and no longer as innocent.
Something, a life changing event, can happen that takes that innocence away sooner. “Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.” There are as many good people in the world as there are bad. Innocence, which is described as gold, isn’t easy to hold on to. The more we learn about history and the more words and concepts we can understand the weaker the disguise of a completely good world becomes. When the truth comes out often times people become scared, this is shown in the poem by stating, “Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day.” Things can happen in just one day that changes a person’s view on the world. As the innocence disappears as does the gold that Robert Frost references in “Nothing Gold can Stay.”
I think the theme of the poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost, is life and it’s cycle. There are many things on why I believe the poem is about this. The first two lines of the poem state “Nature’s first green is gold / Her hardest hue to hold.” This is saying that when you are young, you’re enjoying life before you have to get serious. The “hardest hue to hold” line is stating that it’s hard to stay young and be a kid a heart. In the next two lines, “Her early leaf’s a flower / But only so an hour,” are pretty much the same thing. Basically nothing of your youth lasts once you get older. The two lines after that are “Then leaf subsides to leaf / So Eden sank to grief.” These two lines are where the poem gets a sadder tone. The lines are stating that your youth is slowly diminishing as you get older in life. Then when you’re old, you’re all crouched down over your cane, like you’re sinking. Then eventually, you die. The next line states, “So dawn goes down to day.” This means that you’re dead, but you’re going to heaven to a better place. The last line, “Nothing gold can stay,” is saying that you won’t stay young forever, so enjoy it while you can. I believe this is the deeper meaning of the poem.
What I believe the poem ¨Nothing Gold Can Stay'' is about, is that you shouldn't take others for granted. What I mean by this is that you never know when a family member or one of your friends will pass. As the title says: ''Nothing Gold Can Stay.'' Your family and friends are what's golden to you; your prized possession. But, everything good must come to an end, right? ¨But only so an hour.¨ The meaning of this line in the poem tells me that your time is limited. An hour might seem like a substantial amount of time, but it's not. You never know when a tragedy might occur. Cherish your family and friends while you can. Like the seasons, they are annual. What I also believe is that more people will walk into your life and make a change. Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall; they always come back. Even though someone might seem like theyŕe gone forever, someone new, a new season will appear to make your life either worse, or better.
The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost could have several underlying meanings. The main deeper message is nothing lasts forever, Frost uses nature and money as a prime example. "Her early leaf's a flower, but only so an hour", in this quote from the poem Frost is expressing autumn leaves changing and soon falling off. This could represent relationships in our life, some people stay while most others leave, some will come back in time. "Nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold", meaning money is hard to hold on to. Also, nature's brightest hours are when the sun shines and green surrounds us, but it doesn't last forever so cherish it. The meaning of the poem is nothing lasts forever so cherish everyone and everything that comes into your life. Even the bad times make the good times better.
I think that the theme of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is about money because in the title it says nothing gold can stay. But i picked this theme because like in the 9th stanza it talks about "so dawn goes down to day." then after that it goes "nothing gold can stay", and then it means that when the day ends then nothing good will be able to stay. But then i also believe that the theme could be about love to because it talks about "Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour." and then this is about how like someone losses something that they really love. But frost is basically talking about how like you would cherish some of the things that are really important to you.
Elaborate more on why you think the poem is about gold or love? Why can't anything good stay at the end of the day? What brought you to this conclusion? Awesome job, though(: Great work!
Frost uses nature to highlight the deeper meaning that nothing lasts forever. Nature, family, friends, material things, emotions, etc. "Nature's first green is gold/ Her hardest hue to hold". In nature, the seasons change in a flash of beauty that lasts only a couple days. This scenario can easily be applies to other situations. We are all born, and we all die in a short amount of time. We do not possess this earth for long in the grand scheme of things. We cling to our youth, and try our hardest to live as long as we can, but our death is inevitable. We obtain wealth, but spend it almost as quickly as we receive it. Happiness doesn't last forever, it arrives for only a short amount of time. The same can be applies to bad events. Sadness only lasts a short amount of time. "Her early leaf's a flower/ But only so an hour". Once again, everything arrives so wonderful and new, but they only last for a short amount of time. "Then leaf subsides to leaf/ So Eden sank to grief/ So dawn goes down to day/ Nothing gold can stay". These lines repeat the point once again. Frost uses nature to give us a basis in which to apply our own lives and what we cherish most. He reminds us that we should cherish things as they come. That we shouldn't regret that they left, only be happy they happened.
I think this poem is about life. I think that Robert Frost is using a lot of metaphors for life to get you to think more deeply into the poem. For example, " Her early leaf's a flower." This quote is talking about the beginning of life and how we blossom at the beginning because we are all happy and small. Another quote to signify the meaning of life is " Then leaf subsides to leaf." This quote talks about life because this quote could be a metaphor to friends because you are leaves that are together. This also shows progress throughout life because the poem starts out as something small as in the first quote I mentioned and now it is talking about friendship is when you are grown up a little more than very early usually.
The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost can have many meanings, but I believe this poem is about a woman's newborn. "Nature's first green is gold / Her hardest hue to hold," this explains how a newborn is such an innocent being at its first, it also supports the idea of how unbearable having a baby can be, although the outcome is beautiful. At the beginning of this poem it gives the feel for beauty, "Her early leafs a flower," describes the remarkable human-being that has just come into the world.
This poem also provides an ugly side. Frost states, "So dawn goes down to day./ Nothing Gold Can Stay," shows the outburst from such an innocent child, as it grows will become a sinner. The child is no longer innocent, has grown out of its pure beauty, and became an adult. "Gold," meaning, "childhood;" your childhood doesn't last forever. Such innocence you used to have, is no longer there.
I believe "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is about the cycle of life. Nothing stays the same for long. The gold pigment of the leaves in the spring and fall isn't there for very long. Also, Robert Frost mentions Eden, a perfect garden that God created for Adam and Eve. However, the garden didn't stay for long, because Eve ate the forbidden fruit, then Adam ate the fruit as well. Then, Eden sank to grief. In the fourth line, "But only so an hour" supports the cycle of life because if nature's first green, which is gold, doesn't stick around for long, then it only makes sense that natures "early leaf" won't be around for long either.
I think the poem "Nothing Gold can stay," by Robert Frost is about many things in your life will not last very long so don't take them for granted. I think this because it says "Her hardest hue to hold." I think that this quote from the poem is referring to how hard it is to stay here, like a leaf in Autumn ready to fall off the tree. Also "..but only for an hour." This is referring to life. It doesn't seem like life goes by that fast but when you really come to thing about it, it isn't something that you wanted to think about. I also think that this poem is about money. I think this because it says "Natures first green is gold." Money is green and a form of money is gold. I also think that it is about money because "Her hardest hue to hold." Money isn't something that a lot of people hold on to a lot. If they do, then it is very hard to, so when saying her hardest hue, I think that it means that it is very hard to hold in to it.
"Nothing Good Can Stay" has a deeper meaning than just nature. This poem is about creation. When God made the Earth he had to think about everything that he was going to put on the Earth before he did it. He made this beautiful garden, Eden, but because "Nothing Gold Can Stay" "Eden sank to grief". In the Bible Adam and Eve didn't do what they were told and ate from the tree so they got kicked out of the garden. "So Eden Sank To Grief". "Nature's first green is gold" also supports this by The Garden of Eden being the first Nature and it was perfect but "Her hardest hue to hold" being hard not to sin and do bad things, so the perfectness of the garden got destroyed. "Nothing gold can stay" means that nothing that is perfect ever last.
The theme of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost, is mostly about nature and also youth. To me "Natures first green is gold" is an example of how certain things go from bright and alive to gold and dead very quickly! This quote makes me think of spring to fall, in the spring everything is all green and perfect but then when fall comes, everything turns gold and dies. I think that the authors purpose of this poem is to make everyone realize that you are only young for a matter of time. "Her early leafs a flower" people and things grow up super fast. Lastly "But only so an hour" means that time is limited. Time can flash from our eyes, we never know when death will occur, nothing gold will stay, everything changes so fast.
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" is about more than nature. It's about doing things to the fullest, not taking anything for granted. The couplet within the poem says "Her early leafs a flower; but only last so an hour." This supports the idea that some of life's most precious things can be gone in a blink of an eye. If something is as precious as one of the first blooms of a tree, you would think you would want it to last. However, nothing good last forever. So don't take it for granted, us it to its fullest, whatever it may be.
The poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost is about losing happiness throughout life.The author very discretely uses cues I believe to hint maybe that he has lost someone in life, most likely a loved one. In the first line of the poem, it reads, ‘Nature’s first green is gold’. Yellow is often associated with happiness so it starts off as a happy tone. But at the end it states "Nothing gold can stay" which suggests that nothing good ever lasts in life so happiness does not last. And experiencing the hate and negative things in the world such as a disappearance from someones life, it is hard to maintain this happiness because we become aware that bad things can vanish from our life, thus ‘Her hardest hue to hold’.
The idea of this loss of happiness throughout a person's life is further brought out in the rest of the poem also. This idea is especially present in the lines ‘So Eden sank to grief’. Eden is a beautiful garden so sank to grief could be interpreted to mean that this person/ourselves are getting more and more unhappy with their/our lives as they pass on. Eden is a representation of a perfect life, but in this poem it sinks down to a bad level. Representing even the best can fade off. "Nothing gold can stay" means that nothing happy can last forever.
I believe the theme of this poem that Robert Frost is trying to get across to us is that none of the material items that we cherish will last but the spiritual beliefs will stay with you until the end of time. I believe this statement because he is referring to Eden which is in the Bible and is part of a spiritual figure.I also think frost is talking about people taking to much for granted and they need to stop and look outside and see how pretty nature really is while we care about the big "gold" things and we don't Cherish the small stuff.
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost creates a theme that is about the fact that nothing lasts forever and all things will change eventually. The poem gives an ambiguous representation of all things that change so the analyst reading the poem can choose to decide whether he is speaking of the seasons, a first love, the changing of time, or the physical stages of nature, humans, animals, ideas, or appearance. Frost shows his ambiguity in the line, "Nature's first hue is gold." In this opening line, the reader assumes that the poem will be about nature. But the next line says, "Her hardest hue to hold." Which then changes imagery into colors changing. Frost then again changes the mood with, "Her early leaf's a flower; / But only so an hour." Which still keeps an overall common idea of nature, but makes a reference to time and the changes it creates. The final lines wrangle in a time period from broad to thin when he states, "So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes to day / Nothing gold can stay." He includes an illusion from the beginning of time (According to Christianty) and then pulls it back to date with dawn and day, which every person experiences on a daily basis. So Frost naturally creates an ambiguous, wide-spread poem that translates to his audience a theme that is about the fact that nothing lasts forever and all things will change eventually.
I think this poem is trying to say that eventually everything will fade no matter how good it's. It starts out by saying nature's first green is gold. I feel this is saying that everything starts out fresh when it's new. The next line says her hardest hue to hold. I feel like it's saying the hardest thing to hold on to would be maintaining that golden state. The next two lines say her early leaf's a flower; but only so an hour. I think that this is saying once something new is born like a new blossoming flower it only stays special for a little while or an hour. Next two lines say a leaf subsides to a leaf and Eden sank to grief. I feel that this is saying that everything great became normal like a leaf is just a leaf while the Garden of Eden just became a garden. Lastly, so dawn goes down to day nothing gold can stay. I think that this is driving the theme back over again saying that at the end of the day nothing is really as special as it once was.
I think that the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is on a level where the poem seems to be talking about how new leaves (new people) only keep their light, gold-hued color for a short time until they turn green, and how some leaves start off as a flower, but they don't stay that way forever. It also means that happiness doesn't last forever; as sad and depressing as it sounds, it's true...It pretty much means that happiness doesn't last, unless you make it last; it's your job to make it last because life isn't for eternity.
You must try and/or cherish your life while you can. You never know when it will end, and you should be thankful that you wake up everyday. This poem has really good meaning to it, and I think that Robert Frost is right when it comes to it. He obviously knows what he's talking about, and he knows what the meaning of life is.
You have no quotes in your second paragraph; you kind of extend the first paragraph and further explain it. I think that should have been just one paragraph and you could have talked about another topic, like money or love.
I like your comparison to people and how new people can come into your life. I also like how you talked about how it is a person's responsibility to make happiness last. :)
In the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," by Robert Frost, I'd say that the nature theme is used to highlight the idea that the best things don't last. This meaning really shows through in the first line of the poem, "Natures first green is gold". This line makes me think of that short amount of time right after winter when there are new leaves on the trees and everything's just bright and beautiful. This represents all the great things in life. The poem makes a dramatic shift after listing all the beautiful new things you get, "Her early leaf's a flower; but only so and hour." These lines show the meaning that the things that we enjoy don't last forever and it's true. When I sit and think about it, I can't think of one good thing that will last forever. That's what this poem is saying. Enjoy the things that you enjoy while you can. Make the most of it because they won't last long.
Great tie to nature, the poem, and the theme you believe the poem holds. I love how you incorporated the idea of the shift. I also like how you relate the poem to your own personal thoughts! Great job!
The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is an ambiguous poem. There are many themes to this poem, however I think the main theme is life. When you think of something as "golden", it is valuable and good. Like life, all good things come to an end. In the poem, it says "her hardest hue to hold" which means it is hard to hold onto moments in life sometimes. Also, the line "but only so an hour" speaks as how our days are limited.
This poem is stating that life is short and it is important to enjoy as much of it as possible. As beautiful as one moment may be, it will fade, like every good thing. The speaker also refers to Eden as an allusion to creation and the beginning of life. With every beginning there is an end. Sometimes, we are fortunate to have more opportunities in life. We can't take life for granted is the main theme in this poem.
In the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay," there are various themes that can be found, one of them being about how nothing of value lasts. Frost explains how we basically bask in the glory of everything that makes us happy and then sulk in grief over how we no longer have the pleasure of seeing or feelings that one thing again. Frost uses analogies towards nature to emphasis this point; "Her early leaf's a flower / But only so an hour" portrays how it's so difficult hold onto the beginning of anything that means something to us because it only lasts for a short period of time. You never know when it's going to disappear, so many Frost is trying to imply that we should cherish all that we have left because it could be gone in the blink of an eye. This poem also relates to the mysteries/pleasures of love. When we first receive it, we don't really pay attention to it; it's more of knowing that we have something and subconsciously thinking that it'll always be there, so when it's gone, we're left in a melancholy state and we have to teach ourselves to leave without what made us feel special and happy. This can be understood when Frost says, "Then leaf subsides to leaf / So Eden sank to grief," as he is explaining that life goes on (leaf subsides to leaf, but more in a droning sort of time) even if we're sad. Even though it may seem like the end, we have to keep moving on and learn to deal with the emptiness in our chest and fill it with something more positive.
While it is obvious that the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" has an overarching theme of nature, you can see from lines in the poem that the nature metaphors clearly point to a much deeper and significant meaning. This deeper meaning is describing that anything of great sentimental and physical value do not last very long. The best things in life tend to not last very long. While you can see this through out all of the eight line poem this theme is prominent in the lines "Her early leaf's a flower; / But only so an hour." It saying things as beautiful as natures first flower only lasts a little while. That "thing" could love, friendship, or anything of great sentimental value.
Along with this theme of value being knotted throughout the poem you can also see that it defines the nature of life itself. The same line mentioned above can be used to support this theme as well. Life is painfully short. Everyone comes to the point in their life when someone they care about passes away and then they their self pass away. Death is inevitable and that simple haunting sentence can be supported throughout the entire poem.
At first read, Robert Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is essentially about nature and the change of seasons. But as we examine the poem further, we discover that there is very ambiguous and that there is a deeper theme than the one of nature. The theme can be and is different for every reader. The meaning of this poem is to highlight the light and dark times of life. The poem outlines how good things come and go unexpectedly. One of the these things that comes and goes is money. We can assume that this poem is a symbol of money and wealth because of the color archetypes. "Nature's first green is gold," (Frost. 1) includes two colors that lead the mind to think of money. Green automatically symbolizes money as gold instantly leads to thoughts of wealth. This line also implies that as young people, money seems appealing and like the best thing on Earth, but as we grow older it loses its awe. It suddenly becomes the reason behind all of our stress. "Her hardest hue to hold." (2) describes how money is hard to keep and hold on to. Once you have it, most of the time it is almost instantly spent. "Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour" (3-4) goes back to the thought of money and youth. Again, at first it seems so amazing, but as time goes on, it becomes the main source of worry in life. "Then life subsides to leaf." (5) shows that any money is just as important. One amount does not mean more than another amount. "So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay"(7-8) uses symbolism of going from the light into the dark to display that the money goes on and wealth cannot just be held onto without using actions to allow yourself to keep it. The theme does not only apply to money, but other things in life as well.
"Nothing Gold can stay" is a poem that Robert Frost wrote about the value of life. Throughout the poem, the beginning of spring is noted as 'gold', a very valuable thing. In the third line, the truth is brought through that this 'golden' time of the year is "her hardest hue to hold", and the point is to try your best to hold the hue. Mother nature has a hard time, and essentially, the theme is to use your all in "holding the hue". In the poem it refers to Eden, the most beautiful and subliminal garden of the bible(katie said so, at least), "sank to grief". It's one of the strongest points of the whole poem, and it helps proves the point that "nothing gold CAN stay".
There are many things this poem could be about but I have a very specific one that I believe this poem is about. I think that it's about how in life, there will be good things that will happen, but they will always fade away. Lines 4 and 5 in the poem state "Her early leaf's a flower; but only so an hour." The leaf is symbolic or your life and the flower is the good things that come in your life. But it doesn't stay very long. Nothing valuable can stay in your life. You have to be able to get as much joy and happiness out of the good things in you life because they're not going to be there forever. They will be gone before you know it and you can't take that for granted. If you ever find something good in your life, you have to cherish it and not think that it will be there forever because it won't be. The poem also says, "Her hardest hue to hold." This is symbolic for the time you have with something good. It's very heard to keep something good for as long as you can because it will eventfully be gone and you have to realise that.
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.
I think this poem is about the modern world and how it is always changing and deteriorating. This poem highlights the real truths behind our society and what the world has come to. Line 1 says, "Nature's first green is gold." This is showing how at the beginning of time everything was perfect and the "first" was gold or "perfect". It refers to the garden of Eden and this gives a pure tone to the poem that suggests a perfect way of life in the beginning of time before sin entered the world. Line 2, "Her hardest hue to hold", suggests this perfect way of life didn't last for long and it was hard to preserve this way of life. "Her early leaf's a flower," shows how this way of life kept growing and growing until it got really bad. This early leaf of sin kept growing and became a flower so the whole world could see it. "But only so an hour," is saying that the perfect world didn't last for long and that there is much crime in the world today. I think the line, "Then leaf subsides to leaf," is saying that bad things keep happening in the world today and these things subside and keep happening. Nothing seems to ever be getting better in the world because bad things keep happening. My favorite line of the entire poem is, "So Eden sank to grief". I think this represents how the world has fallen and people keep getting more and more ignorant to what is going on. The world is sinking to grief and deteriorating. "So dawn goes down to day," says that even after the world is wiltering the sun sets and rises again the next morning. "Nothing gold can stay," is showing that the good things in life can be gone in the blink of an eye. Even though Robert Frost is no longer living, nor did he know what was going to happen in the future, I think this poem is a simplistic representation of the world today and how the world is falling to pieces. I feel as though it is ironic that this poem represents today when it was written long ago by someone who has never experienced what the world has come to.
I believe that this poem is about how nothing is permanent and that nothing lasts forever. In the poem it states that Nature's first green is gold. This is saying that in the beginning of your life there's goodness, joy, and happiness. "first green" is a metaphor to life. When you are born, you are innocent and prime. This is what it means when the poem states "Nature's first green is gold." The next line states "Her hardest hue to hold" this is saying that once you are born, your innocence does not last forever and before you know it you're an adult. At first everything is nice, innocent, and lovely. But as time progresses, it fades. Nothing artificially wonderful can last forever because of age, sin, death, sadness, and other things that enter this world.
I'm absolutely done with snow now. Nature needs to hurry up and get warm already because I'm ready for spring. The Great Irrawaddy has failed to change the weather like I asked.
ReplyDeleteOn my thoughts of snow it is a pro con situation. At times I like it and at times I don't. I don't like the snow whenever I wanna go outside and play ball or something else. However, I do like the snow whenever we miss days of school when I don't feel like going but we have a lot of makeup days.
ReplyDeleteSnow is fine with me, until track practice. Then it is just ridiculous. In a perfect world, it'd be 60 degrees and sunny for track, and then whatever else the weather wanted to do any other time. I like to relax at home, but I do not like to freeze my butt off at track for an hour and a half.
ReplyDeleteThis poem is about cherishing the things you love. It states, "Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour." Frost is saying that good things do not last forever, and not to take advantage of them. The theme is losing someone or something you love, and the realization that nothing lasts, shown by the line, "Nothing gold can stay".
ReplyDeleteAnother possible theme could be change. The poem says, "Nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold." proving that it could be discussing the inevitable changes throughout life. The "leaf's" colors change, just like people change, physically and within their personalities.
Frost also uses many examples of personification, stating, "Her early leaf's a flower;". The flower is a representation of what the person used to be.
DeleteI agree, love is something to cherish. It can be gives and just as easily taken away. I feel the whole poem could be interpreted like that.
Deletenature should be cherished as supported
DeleteThis poem by Robert Frost "Nothing Gold Can Stay" mentions a lot about nature and how it changes.Some people think of ideas and different things this poem could be about but I think the poem is talking about nature itself. Nature does change color year round and even turns gold sometimes. The gold cannot stay although, that is why "nothing gold can stay.
ReplyDeleteIn the poem references to nature and leaves are made, but that is to just help explain how Frost likes nature and leaves and doesn't like it when they disappear. People are looking to deep into this poem. It mentions Eden in it which could be taken different ways. I believe Frost just had a nice place outdoors where he would go and sit , and that was his Eden. He wouldn't want to leave the place because it was so beautiful and he knew it would be gone soon because nature changes so quickly. This is what Frost is writing about. We are looking to deep into it and we cannot see that it is solely about nature.
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DeleteI can see where you were going with this. I think that this is actually what this poem could be about when taken in the literal sense of what Frost is saying. Very good analysis.
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DeleteI think this poem is about nature, mainly fall. There are many indicators in the poem, both direct and indirect, that it’s about nature. The main one being that it does directly talk about nature. The poem also talks a lot about leaves also. But this doesn’t prove it since it could just be a reference or symbolism.
ReplyDelete“Nature’s first green is gold,” this is a reference to the green leaves on trees, which are the first leaves, turn gold, which marks the fall. “Her hardest hue to hold,” refers to the fact that when leaves turn colors, they start falling off which means they are hard to hold. It says that Eden, the garden where Adam and Eve were, sank to grief. Meaning that nature is becoming less beautiful. So there is enough evidence to argue that this poem is about nature.
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DeleteYou have some strong evidence, but it seems as though you my need more. Another point is that you say leaves may not prove it, and then your first point is about leaves.
DeleteThis is pretty good but I have to disagree with the whole nature theme. I don't think that Frost would try to complicate things if he was just trying to say "the leaves change color and then die!"
DeleteIn the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost there can be a numerous amount of meanings and themes taken from it. In my opinion I think that this poem is about youth itself as in relating to childhood and growing up. Within the poem Frost states, "Nature's first green is gold, / Her hardest hue to hold. / Her early leaf's a flower; / But only so an hour." This is saying that when you're young you're free and happy in the world. You have little cares and you're like this golden leaf. However, staying young and your childhood doesn't last forever for as time passes you grow older and older and soon your childhood is gone in a wisp of the wind. As you can see childhood doesn't last forever as in relation to this poem.
ReplyDeleteAs I have referred to this poem is a representation of the youth of our lives and our childhood. More lines from this poem that fit this state, "Then leaf subsides to leaf. / So Eden sank to grief, / So dawn goes down to day. / Nothing gold can stay." As our childhood depletes and we grow older our happiness and our free joy in the world whisks away. We begin to grow dull and undergo tremendous changes all of a sudden. Childhood isn't forever so we should cherish it and enjoy with the tie that we are in it. It's not always going to be there for it will eventually fade away. Based on the evidence I have provided I think Robert Frost's poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay", is a representation of our youth and childhood.
The poem is most aligned with the idea of youth. This is strongly supported by many different parts within the poem. To start off with the very first line, "Nature's first green is gold." This indicates youth by the mere statement of the word "first." This word means that it is the beginning, and correlates with youth quite frequently. Another part of this line is when it states "nature." Nature is all about life and cycles. Within life it is usually about innocence and youth, new beginnings within the cycles of life. So just within the first line we can see that it is strongly related to the idea of youth.
ReplyDeleteThen throughout the rest of the poem it still includes words or phrases that can make the reader believe that the main point within the poem is the idea of youth. One of these phrases is when it states "So dawn goes down to day." Going back to the idea of cycles and new beginnings in nature, the cycle of night and day starts with dawn. It is the beginning of a new day, and during this time the day is still in a youthful state because it is only just the beginning of it. A final word that would help support the idea of youth, is when he states, "early." Again going back to the thoughts of beginning being closely tied with youth. The use of early means it is just beginning, and within the beginning it is youthful.
I like the reference to cycles of life.
DeleteI agree, your opinion can really tie into anything. Whether it be happiness, love, money.. There's always a first.. and it's a new beginning and new start.
DeleteThe theme most evident in the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is the element of life. The author discretely throws in evidence to support the claim of life, and how quickly it can leave throughout this poem. I believe the author loses someone in the poem, most likely a loved one and describes the loss and the passing of life within this person. For example, "Her hardest hue to hold" can connect to her color fading in her face or body, as life passes by. Also, "So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay." Here, the author is using allusion in making a connection to Eden, Eden was a beautiful garden, but unfortunately sank to grief, without taking a literal stance on this it can be a connection to the woman Frost is talking about as she transforms from beautiful to sad. Also, the next lines include "nothing gold can stay" which could take on the meaning of "good things always die," as the woman that he spoke so highly of has died and now there is nothing gold in his life. As you can tell, life is a heavily used element in this poem and is a very important theme.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. Very good evidence and points. I like the connection between the hue and death of someone loved.
DeleteGood connections between the poem and real life situations. Especially the hardest hue to hold and the color leaving someones body when they are passing away.
DeleteI think the theme of this poem is about nature but there is also a greater meaning to it as well. "Nature's first green is gold" could be talking about the beginning of spring. Leaves turn a kind of yellowish color, like gold, before they actually turn green. The line "Her early leaf's a flower" is also turn for many trees who flower during early spring. "But only so an hour / Then leaf subsides to leaf." Here the poem takes a turn and could possibly mean that spring is turning into summer and autumn. During these times the beauty of nature seems to dry up and die; leaves and other plants die form heat or the changing of the seasons.
ReplyDeleteThe deeper meaning of this poem could be taking about having someone close that you love but then they leave you. When you truly love someone you fell happy and life seems perfect. During spring many of us fell the same way so the author could be using this as a metaphor. Towards the end of the poem when he is talking about spring changing into summer/autumn and the plants losing their beauty this could be a metaphor for losing that person you love. When you lose someone you truly love your world turns dark and everything looks sad. When leaves are dying they turn a dark, ugly brown and it makes everything look sad.
This is an interesting take on this poem. I like how you connected the with the after effects of the leaves, the ugly brown remains, it really supports the idea that someone/something important leaves you shriveled up and broken.
DeleteI believe this represents a first love. "Natures first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold." This is representing first love, young and inexperienced and that the happiness with that won't last forever. Frost continues this idea by saying "Her leaf's a flower; but only so an hour" This is representing how quickly 'love' can fade. "Nothing gold can stay".. I believe this enforces the idea that not everything is forever. Whether it be happiness or love.. It's not always gonna be there.
ReplyDeleteThis poem is negative but in a beautiful way. Using nature to represent multiple ideas of happiness and fortune. Frost uses this poem to show the idea that just because things are going well, doesn't mean it will stay that way.. So appreciate what you have when you have it.
This is a very good idea towards the theme of this poem. First love always seems like the best thing in the world but it can fade quickly. We do need to appreciate what we have when we have it instead of wishing for more.
DeleteThe poem ¨Nothing Gold Can Stay"by Robert Frost isn't trying to use symbolism in the poem. The theme of the poem is simply nature. In line three of the octave poem it states ¨Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour.¨ At the beginning of Spring all the trees have little flower buds at the end of their branches. This only occurs in spring because that's when all the trees are getting a fresh start from the winter. After the first of the year there are only leaves on the trees. The don't stick around very long because the seasons have to change.
ReplyDeleteIn line one and two of the poem it states ¨Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.¨ These lines are talking about fall. In the fall all the leaves turn different colors, red, orange, gold. The colors don't stay very long because all the leaves fall off because their season is ending. Fall is the most beautiful time of the year but it can't stay long. Therefore, it is the hardest hue to hold because once the colors are here, they fall of the tree and don't come back again until next year. When the leaves turn from green to gold it is like nature is completely changing. You have to catch a glimpse of natures ¨gold" before it is gone because it can't but kept long.
The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" brings up many questions about the overall theme is. Some people say that it is life. Others say it is money. However I say that the theme of this poem is Purity and Innocence.
ReplyDeleteThe main reason that I believe this is because of a recurring sense that the poem is representing a child with the leaves of a tree. The poem states that the leaf is first green, but only for a short while. As time passes the leaf changes color representing a change in purity, and finally the leaf falling off of the tree where the cycle begins again. A baby is also born into the Earth bearing no sin making it pure, but as time passes the baby grows and inevitability commits sin breaking its purity. Further in time the baby will grow up and die, leaving behind children of it's own (leaves being replaced by new leaves). The phrase "nothing gold can stay" means that all pure things will be corrupted as time passes and can't stay in the world we live in.
This is a 5 because you used really good evidence and examples
DeleteI feel that this poem is about how a mother has a child. This may not make sense at first, but if you think about how this poem is structured, it goes from youth to getting older and leaving. As the poem states, "Nature's first green is gold her hardest hue to hold." This interpreting to how a new born child is golden to the new mother, but the child will get older as she does; the child is still golden but keeps growing. This growing up can be explained when the poem says, "Her early leaf's a flower; but only so an hour." This meaning the child is young and sprouting, but wont stay young long because the child must grow into an adult.
ReplyDeleteI feel that their is a shift in this poem with my interpretation. As we all know everyone must get old and die, we all grow old with our parents and well everyone we know around us. The shift in this poem is when it says, "So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay." These three lines tell so much within them. For the first one: When Robert Frost puts Eden in their that's referring to the child since Eden is a place that gives you everything, the child gave the mother happiness and everything she wanted. The Eden(child) sank to grief because his mother is old and dying, everything has a certain life span and the mother has ran hers out. So towards the end of the poem the theme reverses; it was the mother seeing the child as golden then getting green as it grew up, but then the child sees the mother golden for being there and taking care of him/her. Then the mother gets green because she is sick and dies, meaning nothing gold can stay. Don't take anything or anyone for advantage. In this interpretation the mother and child have a strong bond, but both lose their gold because that's what happens in life. A cycle of receiving gold and losing it.
I believe the poem is about life. ¨Nothing gold can stay"can mean a lot of things and is a very powerful statement. To me i see this statement as a meaning to life. This is because everyone has there ups and downs and goes through something in there life were they lose something. Like the poem life goes by and new experiences happen throughout.
ReplyDeleteLife is something different for every person and like this poem it provides us with ups and downs of life. I know this because the poem states ¨but only so an hour,¨ and ¨nothing good can stay.¨ These both show how life can be hard some days and no matter what you will eventually lose something important in your life. This is also true because ¨ her early leaf's a flower.¨ Which means beauty is a gift that is shown in life so don't take life to seriously or it will come to an end like ¨so Eden sank to grief.¨ This is a perfect example of life because the garden of Eden was the birth of all life and there perfect life came to an end soon because life comes with grief and nothing good can stay.
This poem is about I know this because the title is "nothing gold can stay" this is saying gold can't stay in one place for too long because people always want it. An example of this is the California gold rush because people from all over the country when to California to get gold because it was extremely valuable.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason I know the poem is about money is when it says "natures first green is gold" this is referring to money and how people will constantly pay for gold. An example of this is how there are always those commercials about how people want to buy your old gold stuff.
The poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost is about the loss of happiness throughout life. Gold/yellow is symbolic of happiness. So when plugged into the title, poem can be read as nothing happy ever stays. In the first line of the poem, it reads, ‘Nature’s first green is gold’. Yellow is often associated with happiness and green is often associated with youth and vitality. As children, we are blissfully unaware of the cold, bitter things in the world, so we are left happy. But after experiencing the hate and negative things, it is hard to maintain this happiness because we are aware of them, thus ‘Her hardest hue to hold’.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of this loss of happiness throughout a person’s life is further expanded upon later in the poem. This idea is especially prevalent in the lines ‘Leaf subsides to leaf’ and ‘So Eden sank to grief’. By repeating leaf, it gives a very monotonous, passing feeling, sort of like years passing. When joined with the second line, it could be interpreted to mean that this person/ourselves are getting more and more unhappy with their/our lives as they pass on. Eden is a representation of a perfect life, but in this poem it sinks down to the opposite end of the spectrum, similar to growing up from a blissful child to an adult. "Nothing gold can stay" means that nothing happy can last forever.
I like your claim and use of the poem as support
DeleteI agree with you like how you used symbolism with colors and the loss of happiness. Try explaining into more details of the quotes you used like so eden sank to grief.
DeleteI didn't think of the symbolic meaning of what gold and yellow means. So the over all theme happiness but you could also connect innocence to it as well.
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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.
I believe this poem Nothing Gold Can Stay is about nature. I do not think that anything is tied into it from Robert frost's life. the woman that is in it is just mother nature and Eden is "her" land.
I believe this poem is about nature and the seasons it goes through because in the poem it says "Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour." this quote is stating how spring goes to summer with a blink of an eye. With this said the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay is nothing special just a poem about nature.
The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" you can have many different meanigs behind, but when I read into the poem I take it as life itself. At the beginging of the poem Frost starts with the statement "Nature's first green is gold," and I took it as that when you are born you precious and as you grow but you mature, like a plant changing colors. Another line in the pom that expresses the theme of life is, "Her early leaf's a flower; / But only so an hour." This shows the conection of life by having the image of a flower during the fall chaging from green to yet another color, sometimes even gold. Though at the end of that line come with ending of the gold which connects to the point of how we all have the time in our lives were we feel like we are someone new, like the expression "they turned over a new leaf", but then the same you start all over.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the entire poem Frost talks about nature and how it changes though time just like people do. The end of the poem you get the connection to Eden and the bible story, which makes me think of the beginging of life and how it all started. "So dawn goes down to day / Nothing gold can stay," are the las two lines in the poem which leaves the reader the image of the mornings with the sun rising to come day. This is why I belive that the poem is about life itself.
The main idea of the is poem could be all the things we talked about but the overall theme of it is going from a time of inexperience to experience. Whether this be in life, money, happiness, youth, innocence, or fame it is about going from being unknown to known. For example, when the poem states “Nature’s first green is gold.” In the retrospects of life this could mean that at the beginning of life your untainted, inexperienced in the way of things that are bad. However, from the moment you're born you're pushed to grow to stop being such a child and so you’re thrown into experience and by the time someone wants you to stop growing you’ve already grown and you can’t go back to the way it was before, such as the poem talks about. In the way of happiness it could mean that when you become happy in that moment your estatic your uplifted but as your continue you get use to being happy and continue your life taking it for granted until that moment when you realize that you aren't anymore and then want it back more than anything.
ReplyDeleteAnother example of this could be when he states, “Her hardest hue to hold.” In the relation to fame this could be about the fleet of fame and how at one second you could be immensely popular and in the next your forgotten. Many stars who were big at one time have faded and have gone unremembered because the only true way to have fame is to continue to shock people and if you stop doing that and stop putting yourself out there then typically you’ll fall from the graces of fame. To conclude the overall theme of this poem is going from inexperienced to experienced or unknowing to knowing.
By starting you should make it sound like a fact instead of a belief. Your thesis, or your answer to the prompt, isn't easy to find either. I had to go back and find what it was to understand the second paragraph. Other than that it was great!
Delete“Nothing Gold Can Stay” is perhaps the most intriguing poem we’ve analyzed thus far. At an initial glance, this seems to be a simplistic, almost elementary octave poem concerning worldly views. However, as we discovered through deeper scrutiny, it is a much more complex piece of work which develops a variety of timeless subjects. In my opinion, this masterpiece authored by Robert Frost explores the idea of innocence; an idea of which I find cannot be completely chronicled, yet is beautifully outlined here by Frost.
ReplyDeleteThe beginning line, “Nature’s first green is gold,” causes me to reflect on the behavior of an infant. They originate from an entirely innocent state, wholly unaware of the evils of mankind. This total ignorance is precious, hence the use of the word, “gold,” although is also tragically fleeting, as described in line 2, “Her hardest hue to hold.” The beauty of existing in the unknown is magnificent, and we see in line 3 that in the beginning this natural state is among the most glorious creations of nature; a flower. Though yet again it can be withdrawn instantly, as described in line 4, “But only so an hour.” When the impeccable perfection of innocence is grasped by the terrors of reality, the owner is transformed from grandeur to normalcy; flower to leaf (line 5). The loss of this rare treasure is grievable enough, but is also the natural order of life; “Nothing gold can stay.”
I feel that the theme of this poem is about money. I feel it's about money because in the poem it says, "Nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold." This quote makes think about how money is hard to keep. Some people have to pay for their house, things they need etc. So this particular quote shows how it's hard to hold on to money, because most of the time you have to spend it on things.
ReplyDeleteIn the poem it also says,"Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour." This quote also makes me feel that the theme of the poem is about money. The first sentence of this quote could be saying that money starts off good and happy like a flower, but then leaves quickly meaning, the money is gone right when you get it. The poem also says,"Nothing gold can stay," which could mean that a good thing in life cannot stay like money because it's hard to keep.
When stating the meaning of a work, never use things like "I feel" or "I think". Never use first person.
DeleteIn the poem "Nothing Gold can Stay" I believe the theme represents the fall from fame. In the line "her hardest hue to hold" it states that fame is difficult to hold onto after it is obtained. "Her early leaves a flower, but only so an hour" implies that the first great thing you do may only last a short time then fade away. "Then leaf subsides to leaf" or the fame leads onto others. "So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down by day" you miss the past that so quickly went by, day by day you only want to be the person you were once known as. "Nothing gold to stay" fame may be achieved but will always fade away.
ReplyDeleteThis poem represents the fall from fame, that glory will never stay, so that others will experience it and feel the loss of it.
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert frost has a more complex meaning than we see when we first take a look at it. Its meaning is much deeper than just describing Earths’ nature. The meaning of the poem is that in life, things can disappear quickly, so you should grab on to them while you can before they are gone. In the second and third line of the poem the author states, “Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower;” The idea of nature having an easy or hard time holding onto something is an example of personification. And not only is nature personified here, it's actually made into a female figure. Meaning, the woman cannot contain her color. It could be symbolized as she is depressed or ill; so she may look sick or very pale. The third line is showing that flowers will bloom so pretty and bright at first and look healthy in their early stages of life, but eventually and they will die. “So Eden sank to grief.”(6) This is representing a man that is upset over a loss or an accident that may of happened. In this poem, it is showing the loss of a woman that could have died or left him. The last line in the poem is also the title of the poem, “Nothing gold can stay.” What Frost is trying to say is that things that first come into your life are usually good things. Gold is good, but then he counteracts at that and says it cannot stay. So relating this back to the actual meaning of the poem; good things don’t always continue on with you in life, so hold on to what you have before it is gone.
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ReplyDeleteI think this poem has many different meanings, but can mostly be summed up into one word: youthfulness. Not just youthfulness in the physical sense but also in the mental and emotional sense, maintaining that innocence and happiness that is often associated with being a child. The line “Her hardest hue to hold” represents how hard it often is to stay positive and how, at a point, you have to let go the notion of being youthful physically. However you don’t have to let go of it mentally, it is hard to keep that same childish excitement around you after so many years, but its not impossible.
The phrase “So Eden sank down to grief” is obviously allusion to the Garden of Eden. The fall of Eden is associated with the ending of something great, perhaps here it is talking about the loss of being young completely. The world often twists our childhood views of things and so threw the years everything lose its magic, suddenly the garden falls and the golden haze is gone.
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ReplyDeleteThe poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost is about money. The first line states “Nature’s first green is gold” and the symbolism of the color green infers that it is money. Whenever someone earns money in life the person becomes happy and society acts like the money earned is like gold. “Her hardest hue to hold” infers that money is hard to keep from spending. Most everything in life costs money and it is hard to hold because of the lack of money someone has or simply because of greed. The next line “Her early leaf’s a flower; / but only so an hour” also refers to the meaning that when society earns money it is beautiful. It does not take someone long to spend money until it gone.
ReplyDeleteThe next few lines capture the heart of the poem. The allusion from the Bible “Eden sank to grief” relates to money. When Adam and Eve were in the garden they didn’t need to spend anything to receive. Once Adam and Eve were kicked out of the garden, “...sank to grief” they realized that they had been given everything in the garden. This was the turn of society. Adam and Eve and practically everyone else after them now had to learn to earn necessities on their own. This is where money comes into play to ‘buy’ items and basic needs. Frost then sums up the poem with “Nothing gold can stay.” The need to buy material goods has caused money vanish from our pockets.
ReplyDelete“Nothing Gold can Stay” has a deep meaning of youth and innocence. This poem suggests that when we are born we are innocent and blind to the bad side of the world. However, as we grow older, the mask comes off and we see both good and bad; our innocence is taken and we begin to realize that life will have its ups and downs. This suggestion is prevalent in the poem with our beginnings marked as gold, but when the truth is revealed that brilliant gold is dull and no longer as innocent.
Something, a life changing event, can happen that takes that innocence away sooner. “Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.” There are as many good people in the world as there are bad. Innocence, which is described as gold, isn’t easy to hold on to. The more we learn about history and the more words and concepts we can understand the weaker the disguise of a completely good world becomes. When the truth comes out often times people become scared, this is shown in the poem by stating, “Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day.” Things can happen in just one day that changes a person’s view on the world. As the innocence disappears as does the gold that Robert Frost references in “Nothing Gold can Stay.”
I agree with this statement as I stated in my analysis the poem is about inexperience to experience, such as Abby has stated here.
DeleteI think the theme of the poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost, is life and it’s cycle. There are many things on why I believe the poem is about this. The first two lines of the poem state “Nature’s first green is gold / Her hardest hue to hold.” This is saying that when you are young, you’re enjoying life before you have to get serious. The “hardest hue to hold” line is stating that it’s hard to stay young and be a kid a heart. In the next two lines, “Her early leaf’s a flower / But only so an hour,” are pretty much the same thing. Basically nothing of your youth lasts once you get older.
ReplyDeleteThe two lines after that are “Then leaf subsides to leaf / So Eden sank to grief.” These two lines are where the poem gets a sadder tone. The lines are stating that your youth is slowly diminishing as you get older in life. Then when you’re old, you’re all crouched down over your cane, like you’re sinking. Then eventually, you die. The next line states, “So dawn goes down to day.” This means that you’re dead, but you’re going to heaven to a better place. The last line, “Nothing gold can stay,” is saying that you won’t stay young forever, so enjoy it while you can. I believe this is the deeper meaning of the poem.
What I believe the poem ¨Nothing Gold Can Stay'' is about, is that you shouldn't take others for granted. What I mean by this is that you never know when a family member or one of your friends will pass. As the title says: ''Nothing Gold Can Stay.'' Your family and friends are what's golden to you; your prized possession. But, everything good must come to an end, right? ¨But only so an hour.¨ The meaning of this line in the poem tells me that your time is limited. An hour might seem like a substantial amount of time, but it's not. You never know when a tragedy might occur.
ReplyDeleteCherish your family and friends while you can. Like the seasons, they are annual. What I also believe is that more people will walk into your life and make a change. Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall; they always come back. Even though someone might seem like theyŕe gone forever, someone new, a new season will appear to make your life either worse, or better.
The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost could have several underlying meanings. The main deeper message is nothing lasts forever, Frost uses nature and money as a prime example. "Her early leaf's a flower, but only so an hour", in this quote from the poem Frost is expressing autumn leaves changing and soon falling off. This could represent relationships in our life, some people stay while most others leave, some will come back in time.
ReplyDelete"Nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold", meaning money is hard to hold on to. Also, nature's brightest hours are when the sun shines and green surrounds us, but it doesn't last forever so cherish it. The meaning of the poem is nothing lasts forever so cherish everyone and everything that comes into your life. Even the bad times make the good times better.
I think that the theme of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is about money because in the title it says nothing gold can stay. But i picked this theme because like in the 9th stanza it talks about "so dawn goes down to day." then after that it goes "nothing gold can stay", and then it means that when the day ends then nothing good will be able to stay.
ReplyDeleteBut then i also believe that the theme could be about love to because it talks about "Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour." and then this is about how like someone losses something that they really love. But frost is basically talking about how like you would cherish some of the things that are really important to you.
Elaborate more on why you think the poem is about gold or love? Why can't anything good stay at the end of the day? What brought you to this conclusion? Awesome job, though(: Great work!
DeleteFrost uses nature to highlight the deeper meaning that nothing lasts forever. Nature, family, friends, material things, emotions, etc. "Nature's first green is gold/ Her hardest hue to hold". In nature, the seasons change in a flash of beauty that lasts only a couple days. This scenario can easily be applies to other situations. We are all born, and we all die in a short amount of time. We do not possess this earth for long in the grand scheme of things. We cling to our youth, and try our hardest to live as long as we can, but our death is inevitable. We obtain wealth, but spend it almost as quickly as we receive it. Happiness doesn't last forever, it arrives for only a short amount of time. The same can be applies to bad events. Sadness only lasts a short amount of time. "Her early leaf's a flower/ But only so an hour". Once again, everything arrives so wonderful and new, but they only last for a short amount of time. "Then leaf subsides to leaf/ So Eden sank to grief/ So dawn goes down to day/ Nothing gold can stay". These lines repeat the point once again. Frost uses nature to give us a basis in which to apply our own lives and what we cherish most. He reminds us that we should cherish things as they come. That we shouldn't regret that they left, only be happy they happened.
ReplyDeleteI like how you applied situations in the poem to life, like spring. Very explanatory also, very good Faith!
DeleteYou have some really good evidence, you gave good examples.
DeleteGreat evidence, way to think deep into this. ME LIKEY!!
DeleteI think this poem is about life. I think that Robert Frost is using a lot of metaphors for life to get you to think more deeply into the poem. For example, " Her early leaf's a flower." This quote is talking about the beginning of life and how we blossom at the beginning because we are all happy and small.
ReplyDeleteAnother quote to signify the meaning of life is " Then leaf subsides to leaf." This quote talks about life because this quote could be a metaphor to friends because you are leaves that are together. This also shows progress throughout life because the poem starts out as something small as in the first quote I mentioned and now it is talking about friendship is when you are grown up a little more than very early usually.
Don't use I think, I feel, or I believe in your writing. Other than that good support! :))
DeleteI caught that metaphor too; good support!
DeleteThe poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost can have many meanings, but I believe this poem is about a woman's newborn. "Nature's first green is gold / Her hardest hue to hold," this explains how a newborn is such an innocent being at its first, it also supports the idea of how unbearable having a baby can be, although the outcome is beautiful. At the beginning of this poem it gives the feel for beauty, "Her early leafs a flower," describes the remarkable human-being that has just come into the world.
ReplyDeleteThis poem also provides an ugly side. Frost states, "So dawn goes down to day./ Nothing Gold Can Stay," shows the outburst from such an innocent child, as it grows will become a sinner. The child is no longer innocent, has grown out of its pure beauty, and became an adult. "Gold," meaning, "childhood;" your childhood doesn't last forever. Such innocence you used to have, is no longer there.
I know that I did this but, when using I think, I believe, I feel it makes the poem opinionated.
DeleteThis is really good and you have great evidence to support your answer.
DeleteI believe "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is about the cycle of life. Nothing stays the same for long. The gold pigment of the leaves in the spring and fall isn't there for very long. Also, Robert Frost mentions Eden, a perfect garden that God created for Adam and Eve. However, the garden didn't stay for long, because Eve ate the forbidden fruit, then Adam ate the fruit as well. Then, Eden sank to grief.
ReplyDeleteIn the fourth line, "But only so an hour" supports the cycle of life because if nature's first green, which is gold, doesn't stick around for long, then it only makes sense that natures "early leaf" won't be around for long either.
I think the poem "Nothing Gold can stay," by Robert Frost is about many things in your life will not last very long so don't take them for granted. I think this because it says "Her hardest hue to hold." I think that this quote from the poem is referring to how hard it is to stay here, like a leaf in Autumn ready to fall off the tree. Also "..but only for an hour." This is referring to life. It doesn't seem like life goes by that fast but when you really come to thing about it, it isn't something that you wanted to think about.
ReplyDeleteI also think that this poem is about money. I think this because it says "Natures first green is gold." Money is green and a form of money is gold. I also think that it is about money because "Her hardest hue to hold." Money isn't something that a lot of people hold on to a lot. If they do, then it is very hard to, so when saying her hardest hue, I think that it means that it is very hard to hold in to it.
"Nothing Good Can Stay" has a deeper meaning than just nature. This poem is about creation. When God made the Earth he had to think about everything that he was going to put on the Earth before he did it. He made this beautiful garden, Eden, but because "Nothing Gold Can Stay" "Eden sank to grief". In the Bible Adam and Eve didn't do what they were told and ate from the tree so they got kicked out of the garden. "So Eden Sank To Grief".
ReplyDelete"Nature's first green is gold" also supports this by The Garden of Eden being the first Nature and it was perfect but "Her hardest hue to hold" being hard not to sin and do bad things, so the perfectness of the garden got destroyed. "Nothing gold can stay" means that nothing that is perfect ever last.
The theme of the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost, is mostly about nature and also youth. To me "Natures first green is gold" is an example of how certain things go from bright and alive to gold and dead very quickly! This quote makes me think of spring to fall, in the spring everything is all green and perfect but then when fall comes, everything turns gold and dies. I think that the authors purpose of this poem is to make everyone realize that you are only young for a matter of time. "Her early leafs a flower" people and things grow up super fast. Lastly "But only so an hour" means that time is limited. Time can flash from our eyes, we never know when death will occur, nothing gold will stay, everything changes so fast.
ReplyDeleteVery good example of "You are only young for a matter of time" I see your point there.
Delete"Nothing Gold Can Stay" is about more than nature. It's about doing things to the fullest, not taking anything for granted. The couplet within the poem says "Her early leafs a flower; but only last so an hour." This supports the idea that some of life's most precious things can be gone in a blink of an eye.
ReplyDeleteIf something is as precious as one of the first blooms of a tree, you would think you would want it to last. However, nothing good last forever. So don't take it for granted, us it to its fullest, whatever it may be.
Obviously that's a hyperbole, but what type of 'most precious things' can be gone in a blink of an eye?
DeleteThe poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost is about losing happiness throughout life.The author very discretely uses cues I believe to hint maybe that he has lost someone in life, most likely a loved one. In the first line of the poem, it reads, ‘Nature’s first green is gold’. Yellow is often associated with happiness so it starts off as a happy tone. But at the end it states "Nothing gold can stay" which suggests that nothing good ever lasts in life so happiness does not last. And experiencing the hate and negative things in the world such as a disappearance from someones life, it is hard to maintain this happiness because we become aware that bad things can vanish from our life, thus ‘Her hardest hue to hold’.
ReplyDeleteThe idea of this loss of happiness throughout a person's life is further brought out in the rest of the poem also. This idea is especially present in the lines ‘So Eden sank to grief’. Eden is a beautiful garden so sank to grief could be interpreted to mean that this person/ourselves are getting more and more unhappy with their/our lives as they pass on. Eden is a representation of a perfect life, but in this poem it sinks down to a bad level. Representing even the best can fade off. "Nothing gold can stay" means that nothing happy can last forever.
I really like your take on the poem. The contrast is neat because I never thought of it as a negative theme.
DeleteI never thought about it that way but that's a clever way to analyze this poem.
DeleteI believe the theme of this poem that Robert Frost is trying to get across to us is that none of the material items that we cherish will last but the spiritual beliefs will stay with you until the end of time. I believe this statement because he is referring to Eden which is in the Bible and is part of a spiritual figure.I also think frost is talking about people taking to much for granted and they need to stop and look outside and see how pretty nature really is while we care about the big "gold" things and we don't Cherish the small stuff.
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DeleteYou could also mention the line "but only so an hour" on how things last for a small amount of time.
Delete"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost creates a theme that is about the fact that nothing lasts forever and all things will change eventually. The poem gives an ambiguous representation of all things that change so the analyst reading the poem can choose to decide whether he is speaking of the seasons, a first love, the changing of time, or the physical stages of nature, humans, animals, ideas, or appearance. Frost shows his ambiguity in the line, "Nature's first hue is gold." In this opening line, the reader assumes that the poem will be about nature. But the next line says, "Her hardest hue to hold." Which then changes imagery into colors changing. Frost then again changes the mood with, "Her early leaf's a flower; / But only so an hour." Which still keeps an overall common idea of nature, but makes a reference to time and the changes it creates. The final lines wrangle in a time period from broad to thin when he states, "So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes to day / Nothing gold can stay." He includes an illusion from the beginning of time (According to Christianty) and then pulls it back to date with dawn and day, which every person experiences on a daily basis. So Frost naturally creates an ambiguous, wide-spread poem that translates to his audience a theme that is about the fact that nothing lasts forever and all things will change eventually.
ReplyDeleteI think this poem is trying to say that eventually everything will fade no matter how good it's. It starts out by saying nature's first green is gold. I feel this is saying that everything starts out fresh when it's new. The next line says her hardest hue to hold. I feel like it's saying the hardest thing to hold on to would be maintaining that golden state.
ReplyDeleteThe next two lines say her early leaf's a flower; but only so an hour. I think that this is saying once something new is born like a new blossoming flower it only stays special for a little while or an hour. Next two lines say a leaf subsides to a leaf and Eden sank to grief. I feel that this is saying that everything great became normal like a leaf is just a leaf while the Garden of Eden just became a garden.
Lastly, so dawn goes down to day nothing gold can stay. I think that this is driving the theme back over again saying that at the end of the day nothing is really as special as it once was.
I think that the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is on a level where the poem seems to be talking about how new leaves (new people) only keep their light, gold-hued color for a short time until they turn green, and how some leaves start off as a flower, but they don't stay that way forever. It also means that happiness doesn't last forever; as sad and depressing as it sounds, it's true...It pretty much means that happiness doesn't last, unless you make it last; it's your job to make it last because life isn't for eternity.
ReplyDeleteYou must try and/or cherish your life while you can. You never know when it will end, and you should be thankful that you wake up everyday. This poem has really good meaning to it, and I think that Robert Frost is right when it comes to it. He obviously knows what he's talking about, and he knows what the meaning of life is.
You have no quotes in your second paragraph; you kind of extend the first paragraph and further explain it. I think that should have been just one paragraph and you could have talked about another topic, like money or love.
DeleteI like your comparison to people and how new people can come into your life. I also like how you talked about how it is a person's responsibility to make happiness last. :)
DeleteIn the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," by Robert Frost, I'd say that the nature theme is used to highlight the idea that the best things don't last. This meaning really shows through in the first line of the poem, "Natures first green is gold". This line makes me think of that short amount of time right after winter when there are new leaves on the trees and everything's just bright and beautiful. This represents all the great things in life.
ReplyDeleteThe poem makes a dramatic shift after listing all the beautiful new things you get, "Her early leaf's a flower; but only so and hour." These lines show the meaning that the things that we enjoy don't last forever and it's true. When I sit and think about it, I can't think of one good thing that will last forever. That's what this poem is saying. Enjoy the things that you enjoy while you can. Make the most of it because they won't last long.
Great tie to nature, the poem, and the theme you believe the poem holds. I love how you incorporated the idea of the shift. I also like how you relate the poem to your own personal thoughts! Great job!
DeleteThe poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is an ambiguous poem. There are many themes to this poem, however I think the main theme is life. When you think of something as "golden", it is valuable and good. Like life, all good things come to an end. In the poem, it says "her hardest hue to hold" which means it is hard to hold onto moments in life sometimes. Also, the line "but only so an hour" speaks as how our days are limited.
ReplyDeleteThis poem is stating that life is short and it is important to enjoy as much of it as possible. As beautiful as one moment may be, it will fade, like every good thing. The speaker also refers to Eden as an allusion to creation and the beginning of life. With every beginning there is an end. Sometimes, we are fortunate to have more opportunities in life. We can't take life for granted is the main theme in this poem.
In the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay," there are various themes that can be found, one of them being about how nothing of value lasts. Frost explains how we basically bask in the glory of everything that makes us happy and then sulk in grief over how we no longer have the pleasure of seeing or feelings that one thing again. Frost uses analogies towards nature to emphasis this point; "Her early leaf's a flower / But only so an hour" portrays how it's so difficult hold onto the beginning of anything that means something to us because it only lasts for a short period of time. You never know when it's going to disappear, so many Frost is trying to imply that we should cherish all that we have left because it could be gone in the blink of an eye.
ReplyDeleteThis poem also relates to the mysteries/pleasures of love. When we first receive it, we don't really pay attention to it; it's more of knowing that we have something and subconsciously thinking that it'll always be there, so when it's gone, we're left in a melancholy state and we have to teach ourselves to leave without what made us feel special and happy. This can be understood when Frost says, "Then leaf subsides to leaf / So Eden sank to grief," as he is explaining that life goes on (leaf subsides to leaf, but more in a droning sort of time) even if we're sad. Even though it may seem like the end, we have to keep moving on and learn to deal with the emptiness in our chest and fill it with something more positive.
I picked the same theme as you and I agree with your points. You did an extremely good job of providing evidence to support your points.
DeleteWhile it is obvious that the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" has an overarching theme of nature, you can see from lines in the poem that the nature metaphors clearly point to a much deeper and significant meaning. This deeper meaning is describing that anything of great sentimental and physical value do not last very long. The best things in life tend to not last very long. While you can see this through out all of the eight line poem this theme is prominent in the lines "Her early leaf's a flower; / But only so an hour." It saying things as beautiful as natures first flower only lasts a little while. That "thing" could love, friendship, or anything of great sentimental value.
ReplyDeleteAlong with this theme of value being knotted throughout the poem you can also see that it defines the nature of life itself. The same line mentioned above can be used to support this theme as well. Life is painfully short. Everyone comes to the point in their life when someone they care about passes away and then they their self pass away. Death is inevitable and that simple haunting sentence can be supported throughout the entire poem.
At first read, Robert Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is essentially about nature and the change of seasons. But as we examine the poem further, we discover that there is very ambiguous and that there is a deeper theme than the one of nature. The theme can be and is different for every reader. The meaning of this poem is to highlight the light and dark times of life. The poem outlines how good things come and go unexpectedly.
ReplyDeleteOne of the these things that comes and goes is money. We can assume that this poem is a symbol of money and wealth because of the color archetypes. "Nature's first green is gold," (Frost. 1) includes two colors that lead the mind to think of money. Green automatically symbolizes money as gold instantly leads to thoughts of wealth. This line also implies that as young people, money seems appealing and like the best thing on Earth, but as we grow older it loses its awe. It suddenly becomes the reason behind all of our stress. "Her hardest hue to hold." (2) describes how money is hard to keep and hold on to. Once you have it, most of the time it is almost instantly spent. "Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour" (3-4) goes back to the thought of money and youth. Again, at first it seems so amazing, but as time goes on, it becomes the main source of worry in life. "Then life subsides to leaf." (5) shows that any money is just as important. One amount does not mean more than another amount. "So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay"(7-8) uses symbolism of going from the light into the dark to display that the money goes on and wealth cannot just be held onto without using actions to allow yourself to keep it.
The theme does not only apply to money, but other things in life as well.
"Nothing Gold can stay" is a poem that Robert Frost wrote about the value of life. Throughout the poem, the beginning of spring is noted as 'gold', a very valuable thing. In the third line, the truth is brought through that this 'golden' time of the year is "her hardest hue to hold", and the point is to try your best to hold the hue. Mother nature has a hard time, and essentially, the theme is to use your all in "holding the hue". In the poem it refers to Eden, the most beautiful and subliminal garden of the bible(katie said so, at least), "sank to grief". It's one of the strongest points of the whole poem, and it helps proves the point that "nothing gold CAN stay".
ReplyDeleteThere are many things this poem could be about but I have a very specific one that I believe this poem is about. I think that it's about how in life, there will be good things that will happen, but they will always fade away. Lines 4 and 5 in the poem state "Her early leaf's a flower; but only so an hour." The leaf is symbolic or your life and the flower is the good things that come in your life. But it doesn't stay very long. Nothing valuable can stay in your life.
ReplyDeleteYou have to be able to get as much joy and happiness out of the good things in you life because they're not going to be there forever. They will be gone before you know it and you can't take that for granted. If you ever find something good in your life, you have to cherish it and not think that it will be there forever because it won't be. The poem also says, "Her hardest hue to hold." This is symbolic for the time you have with something good. It's very heard to keep something good for as long as you can because it will eventfully be gone and you have to realise that.
Nature's first green is gold,
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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.
I think this poem is about the modern world and how it is always changing and deteriorating. This poem highlights the real truths behind our society and what the world has come to. Line 1 says, "Nature's first green is gold." This is showing how at the beginning of time everything was perfect and the "first" was gold or "perfect". It refers to the garden of Eden and this gives a pure tone to the poem that suggests a perfect way of life in the beginning of time before sin entered the world. Line 2, "Her hardest hue to hold", suggests this perfect way of life didn't last for long and it was hard to preserve this way of life. "Her early leaf's a flower," shows how this way of life kept growing and growing until it got really bad. This early leaf of sin kept growing and became a flower so the whole world could see it. "But only so an hour," is saying that the perfect world didn't last for long and that there is much crime in the world today. I think the line, "Then leaf subsides to leaf," is saying that bad things keep happening in the world today and these things subside and keep happening. Nothing seems to ever be getting better in the world because bad things keep happening. My favorite line of the entire poem is, "So Eden sank to grief". I think this represents how the world has fallen and people keep getting more and more ignorant to what is going on. The world is sinking to grief and deteriorating. "So dawn goes down to day," says that even after the world is wiltering the sun sets and rises again the next morning. "Nothing gold can stay," is showing that the good things in life can be gone in the blink of an eye. Even though Robert Frost is no longer living, nor did he know what was going to happen in the future, I think this poem is a simplistic representation of the world today and how the world is falling to pieces. I feel as though it is ironic that this poem represents today when it was written long ago by someone who has never experienced what the world has come to.
I believe that this poem is about how nothing is permanent and that nothing lasts forever. In the poem it states that Nature's first green is gold. This is saying that in the beginning of your life there's goodness, joy, and happiness. "first green" is a metaphor to life. When you are born, you are innocent and prime. This is what it means when the poem states "Nature's first green is gold." The next line states "Her hardest hue to hold" this is saying that once you are born, your innocence does not last forever and before you know it you're an adult. At first everything is nice, innocent, and lovely. But as time progresses, it fades. Nothing artificially wonderful can last forever because of age, sin, death, sadness, and other things that enter this world.
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