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Literary Analysis Of Robert Frost's Nothing Gold Can Stay

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Robert Frost wrote this poem in 1923. Frost is referencing creation from a perspective of a Christian. The poem is about creation and how creation evolves overtime. He is American from New England. This piece is from 20th century poetry. The style of Robert's Frost's poem Nothing Gold Can Stay, is a little bit of a confessional poem. I think this because it is maybe reflecting someone's memories or experiences from the past about creation. As well as talking about seasons changing. An example of this is in the poem when it says "But only so an hour." is talking about how our memories and life experiences are short. I think the title of Robert Frost's poem Nothing Gold Can Stay is not completely obvious. I know this because the last …show more content…

Then it wants you to fill in the blanks and infer that the poem is the thing you think it is. In Nothing Gold Can Stay, the poem doesn't stress cutural details, such as the behavior, dress, or speech habits of a particular group or a historical period or event. For instance, the death of an airline stewardess in James Dickey's "Falling"? There is no sections written in dialect,slang, or foreign words, as with the Deep South patois of Sterling Brown's "Ma Rainey"? The poem is a reality poem about real life. It infers about memories, nature, and the cycle of life and death. Things can only stay beautiful for so long, but the circle of life will continue. The ending seems like the world is over, but in reality it will keep on going. I think the author's tone on his poem is being happy, but also gradually getting more and more sad. I think this because it says "Nature's first green is gold,". As well as gradually getting sadder with "So Eden sank to grief,". The mood of this poem is telling the reader to enjoy everything your life has to offer, because you can't have fun and stay young forever. The themes of this poem are youth, nature, and loss. The examples of youth are about staying gold and youthful. The examples of nature are flowers, the garden of Eden, and about dawn. The examples of loss are talking about how you can't stay young forever or about nature not staying green forever. The

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