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An Analysis Of Robert Frost's Nothing Gold Can Stay

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Robert Frost was a famous poet and educator born in San Francisco in 1874 who made an impact on the literature known today. After high school, he attended college where he studied literature and poetry. During college, Frost began writing his own poems and in 1894, he had successfully published his first poem. Despite his many accomplishments, Frost faced a major downfall that could not be fulfilled by his success. One might expect that publishing his first poem might be a time of pride and joy, however, Frost was fighting his own battles of depression and mental illness. Frost’s negative aspects in his poems prove as evidence to his use of symbolism, sense of nature, and his mental illness to make fantasies seem as if they are disguised for …show more content…

In the poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay, written in 1923, the overall mood feels sad and disappointing because it describes how everything in life will eventually fade away. Frost expresses that from his own personal experience, nothing of value and significance can last forever. He emphasizes this concept by symbolizing value with nature and its beauty. According to Frost, nature’s beauty is “her hardest hue to hold” because beauty only lasts for so long and the moment that one forgets to be grateful for it, the beauty disappears. The poem is assumed to be a beautiful piece of literature regarding Earth’s wonders, however, as the poem carries on, a sense of disappointment starts to slowly develop from the realization that overtime, nature’s beauty begins to vanish such as most pleasurable privileges in life. Frost’s feelings toward nature are what influenced his writing to the point that sharing his own thoughts of the world was his only escape to the reality of his …show more content…

In the poem, The Road Not Taken, written in 1916, the mood feels anticipatory and conflicted because it is written regarding someone who has walked upon two paths in the woods and has to make a choice on which road to take. Frost expresses the idea that once a decision is made, there is no turning back for a second chance. His purpose was to possibly teach a life lesson to the audience or maybe even teach his own self based on the fact that the road the narrator is yet to take represents events going on in his life possible consisting of a mid-life crisis, career, or marriage. The poem reflects how in life, some people may lose their way just as Frost did when he was battling his own self. Frost states, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both” which emphasizes the idea that having a sense of decisiveness is a significant value to have in life, something in which Frost lacks. The theme of this poem conveys the mental illnesses Frost may have been going through himself, which may even make him a part of his own

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