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    If you can imagine a flower, or leaves on a tree, you will notice “nothing gold can stay”. With the changing of the seasons, the growth of the plant changes. The same is with life. As you go through different seasons of your life, you can see yourself change; for better, or for worse. One aspect of life in which the tables can turn is innocence. As portrayed in Robert Frost’s poem; “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, the characters in The Outsiders also change according to the seasons in their life. When you are first born, you know nothing of the evil that lurks inside of this world. “Nature’s first green is gold.”, is the first line in Robert Frost's poem. As a plant firsts starts its growth in the spring, it sees no hardships, no pain. It has the…

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    Pony recited the poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” by Robert Frost when he watched the sunrise out in the country where he was hiding from police. He remembered the poem but didn't understand what it meant. At the end of The Outsiders, Johnny was the character who figured out how the poem related to him and his friends. This poem seems to be only about nature but when one reads it carefully, he or she can see that it is really about keeping your gold until the very end. Pony’s story is symbolized…

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    In the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost he talks about life and he uses plants as a analogy. In line one, he talks about how nature's first green is gold and it also means that when a baby is born it's important. In line three it talks about it again and shows repetition. In line four Robert talks about how being young and a plant’s flower doesn’t last forever. All of the analogies in the poem remind the reader that life is short. In the poem “nothing gold can stay” robert uses…

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    Instead this poem is from life to death. Our first character we are introduced to is Nature. Nature isn't a person, but rather symoblising life. Our second character is Eden, which refers to the Earth ending. Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost does not stress cultural details, such as the behavior, dress, or speech habits of a particular group or a historical period or event Nothing Gold Can Stay is an obvious reality and talk about real life situations. The reader may feel sad will reading…

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    In Frost’s poem Nothing Gold Can Stay, he describes how natures changes. He shows this through symbolism, imagery, and allusion. In his poem he supports a message that all beautiful things eventually fade. Frost has a tone in his poem that as time goes on it brings a certain type of grief. Frost’s poem uses nature symbolically that nothing good that happens will last. He describes how children are born with this type of innocence by saying “Nature’s first green is gold”,…

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    wrote "Nothing Gold can stay" in 1921, just five years after World War 1. When Robert Frost says "gold" in this poem, he is reffering to something that is very precious to him. He is saying that thhe plants and leaves are gold only for the first few hours of the start of spring. Frost started writing this book in the year 1922, and 1 year later, he finsihed in the year 1923. This poem was republished in 1951. He had a second part tot he poem but he never gave that to the press. This poem fits…

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    The poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, by Robert Frost is connected to The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton because of their similar and common themes. In both works of literature, the central theme revolves around the notion that all good things must come to an end, proving to be difficult and burdensome to retain. Frost demonstrates this ideology in his poem through- essentially- the nature of nature and the manner in which it behaves. On the other hand, S.E. Hinton illustrates this concept in the novel…

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    it often comes to an end or change. Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is a poem that initially is thought to be about nature, and how it's beauty succumbs to an end for an unknown-exact reason. There are a couple ways to view the central meaning of this poem; the idea that nothing good will last forever. A pessimistic, yet reasonable view of this poem is that every positive condition in one's life will come to an end at some point. An ending that is inevitable. An optimistic way to view…

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    In Robert Frost's poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay "he truly explains what it means that nothing gold can stay. By gold, he doesn't necessarily mean gold or diamonds. He is wanting to explain that gold is the good in life, the things that make you happy. Let's say a family member of yours passed away. Maybe this family member was really special to you, they were like gold. In Frost's' poem he explains that nothing good can stay by talking about how even the gold leaves can't stay when fall comes…

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    20th century of poetry. Nothing Gold Can Stay is a narrative, it tells a story about nature's first green The title Nothing Gold Can Stay repeats in the last line of the poem, even though this poem is very short. In the title, Gold is a symbol for anything is life that has great value. Nothing of great vaule can stay. The meaning is not exactly Through out this poem, Nature is repetitivly refered to, but the only line to ever…

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