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“Nothing Gold can Stay” 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. --Robert Frost

What does Robert Frost compare Nature’s “first green” to by using a metaphor? Why would he do this? What is he implying about that first green?

Why would Robert Frost imply that Nature’s early “leaves” are actually flowers? What aspect of nature could he be referring to? And why would he use a hyperbole to imply they only last for an hour?

How does the line “Eden sank to grief” relate to the garden story?

How does the line “dawn goes down to day” relate to the scene on page 76-77 of The Outsiders?

What was Robert Frost trying to say about life through this poem? 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. --Robert Frost

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