Analysis Of Robert Frost

The tone in these lines are often humorous and at the same time genuinely loving. In short, the tone of this poem is as complex as the subject with which it so memorably

The imagery used in this verse appeals to the sense sight. This helps the reader visualise what the writer is taking about. It also allows the reader to relate and connect more to the poem.

     Frost?s poem delves deeper into the being and essence of life with his second set of lines. The first line states, ?Her early leaf?s a flower.? After the budding and sprouting, which is the birth of nature, is growth into a flower. This is the moment where noon turns to evening, where childhood turns into maturity, and where spring turns into summer. At this very moment is the ripe and prime age of things. The young flower stands straight up and basks in the sun, the now mature teenager runs playfully in the light, and the day and sunlight peak before descending ever so quickly into dusk. The second line of the second set states, ?But only so an hour,? which makes clear that yet again time is passing by and that a beginning will inevitably have an end.

Since Nothing Gold Can Stay tells a story of seasons passing and things in nature to an end it is a narrative poem, which is a poem that tells a story.

The positive mood of the poem is peaceful. In the beginning of the poem you feel like there is a lot of peace in the world. The negative mood of the poem is pain. Robert

Similarly to “Fire and Ice,” Robert Frost also uses an extended metaphor to show the theme in “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” Frost tells the story of how the most beautiful part of Spring only lasts a short time in couplets of iambic trimeter, and it is not until line six until the true meaning of this poem is exposed, “So Eden sank to grief” (Frost). This is alluding to the “Garden of Eden” story from the Bible when mankind was banished from the garden; which also reveals the reasoning for personifying Spring earlier in the poem by saying gold was “Her Hardest hue to hold” (Frost, 2). Frost wants the reader to connect mankind's falling from the

Not only are metaphors utilized throughout the poem, but a literary device known as Imagery is as well. Imagery is alternative as important a device for it allows for the reader to have a clear picture of what the character in the poem is visualizing. Furthermore, it also helps covey the theme the author is aiming to represent to the reader. Imagery is made known in stanza two line three, which states, “Because it was grassy and wanted wear” (Myer, 1091). Here the author is using imagery to inform the readers the traveler is coming up with a reason for why one path could be more favorable over the other. The reader analyzes this line of imagery to obtain a clearer representation of the traveler’s decision-making process. Another line where the author uses imagery is in stanza two line five, which states, “Had worn them really about the same” (Myer, 1091). Here the author is using imagery to inform the reader that the paths are “worn” down, which informs the reader that both of his choices have been equally chosen by people before him. These examples help the reader begin to form the theme of self-justification in decision-making. After analyzing the metaphors and the imagery Frost uses in this poem, the reader can conclude so far that the theme the poet is conveying

What is the overall TONE of this poem and how do you come to that conclusion? (what is

I find this poem to be interesting because the ideas and meaning of the poem are simple, but they can easily be interpreted in another meaning. This poem did not have the effect on me that I thought it would have, although I did think it was fascinating to read and listen to. The words seem to blend together, and it makes it smooth to hear. The diction is simple and easily understood, but the some of the concepts may not make sense the first time. I had to read the poem multiple times to attempt to grasp the gist of the

The color green connotes rebirth and renewal. This gives the appearance of a setting that takes place during early spring when there are gold buds on the flowers. Frost could also be talking about the morning, when the sun rises and makes everything a bit golder than normal, all bathed in the dawn light. Even though the golden color is so great, the speaker goes on to say in the second line that gold is the hardest hue, or color, for nature to hold. The first color humans see in spring does not stick around very long. This line is an example of alliteration. All the H sounds makes the reader read the line slower to really understand the meaning. Frost uses a rhymed couplet here, where gold rhymes with hold. Both lines, however, have the same amount of syllables and follow the same meter which is a form of iambic

It tells how all the things eventually were not gold anymore. Even though, the title of this poem is Nothing Gold Can Stay, it basically explains the whole poem about how nothing will remain perfect. It is pretty straight forward and does not imply mulitiple possibilities.

“The Symbolic Analysis of Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay” The poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” symbolizes that at first, things are ‘gold’ and beautiful, but as time passes, this ‘gold’ fades away. The poem says “Nature’s first green is gold”, showing that at first, nature is beautiful. The next line says “her hardest hue to hold”. This shows that is nature can only be gold for so long. This symbolizes how quickly the beauty of things can diminish over time.

This was a narrative styled poem. Although this is a short poem it isn't lyrical for it is a narrative because it tells a short story. The title 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' is a very complex heading. The title implied various possibilities.

Reading and analyzing poetry can be a very tricky thing to do. Poetry is filled with hidden meanings, as you read it is very important to stop as you go and think about the meaning of words, phrases, and the poem as a whole. It’s no joke when you said, “Helen Vendler is a poetic genius” the twelve steps that she created to help breakdown poems is a lifesaver. After using the twelve steps, which include; understanding the setting, getting a feel for the tone, looking at the repetitions that occur and the type of images the author uses, I was able to get a much better understanding and inside into the three poems we had the opportunity to read. For this specific assignment I decided to focus mainly on the poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a

Here is the interpretation and analysis of the poem based on the sections that respect the grammar and meaning of its sentences: