are a number of different facets regarding the careers and works of Gwendolyn Brooks and Robert Frost, there are a number of similarities between their respective poems "We Real Cool" and "Nothing Gold Can Stay". These similarities become all the more apparent when one attempts to compare the imagery of these poems. A careful consideration of this comparison indicates that the imagery of each of these poems is preoccupied with the concept of time in various aspects of its ephemeral nature, which…

Robert Frost was one of America's greatest poets. From 1874 - 1963 he has written many famous poems including "Nothing Gold can stay" and "The Road not taken" which I will be writing about. He lived in San Francisco and sadly died in Boston in 1963. He moved to Massachusetts when he was eleven and went to the local high school. He then continues to go to Dartmouth College. The Road Not Taken is a poem about decisions in life and how each one leads onto another road, spreading into a…

“Nothing Gold Can Stay” is a poem written by Robert Frost in the year 1923. The poem illustrates the fact that nothing will last forever. It especially stresses the fact that money will not last forever, and will soon disappear. Frost makes his point clear throughout the poem by alluding to nature. The entire poem talks about objects in nature that seem beautiful at first, but then subside into nothing. Throughout the poem, Frost uses deep symbolism, rhyme, and allusion to reveal his point. The…

The Tragic Impermanence of Youth in Robert Frost's Nothing Gold Can Stay In his poem "Nothing Gold can Stay", Robert Frost names youth and its attributes as invaluable. Using nature as an example, Frost relates the earliest green of a newborn plant to gold; its first leaves are equated with flowers. However, to hold something as fleeting as youth in the highest of esteems is to set one's self up for tragedy. The laws of the Universe cast the glories of youth into an unquestionable state of impermanence…

In the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” from Robert Frost, corruption first began in nature. The corruption in nature is first seen in the poem when “… leaf subsides to leaf” and “…dawn goes down to day” (Frost 5, 8). Frost says that nature was once so beautiful but by the conflict in the Garden of Eden it was corrupted. The conflict in the Garden of Eden was caused by corruption in humans. It seems that humans ruin everything good for the sake of themselves. Frost probably wrote this poem while sitting…

of my life. In the film, one of the characters quotes the Robert Frost poem ―Nothing Gold Can Stay.‖ I didn‘t really understand the meaning of the poem at the time, but for some reason the poem stayed with me. I had only just heard it and already almost had it memorized. It is a beautiful poem that has a meaning within a meaning and one that seems to make more sense with every new stage of my life. When I first heard the poem, it didn‘t make a lot of sense to me, even though Johnny explains…

I am always told ‘Nothing gold can stay.’ As an eight year old, I do not understand what they mean by that. I live with my mom, Cindy, and my dad, Brian, and our two dogs, Chloe and Bear. We live in a small duplex in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Our house consisted of two bedrooms and two bathrooms. When you walked in the front door and looked right, you would see the our family computer. Next to that was the entrance to the medium size kitchen, which led to the living room which also was the home…

The poems that have chosen to be analyzed are “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost and “The Powwow at the End of the World” by Sherman Alexie. Both of these poems have a common theme that has to do with nature. Although the poems come from authors of two different backgrounds, one is a white American and the other is a Native American. The poems each use legends or myth to get a specific point across. These poems are great examples of myth/legend use to drive its authors point across, such as…

Analysis of Robert Frost's Poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost has a fine talent for putting words into poetry. Words which are normally simplistic spur to life when he combines them into a whimsical poetic masterpiece. His 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' poem is no exception. Although short, it drives home a deep point and meaning. Life is such a fragile thing and most of it is taken for granted. The finest, most precious time in life generally passes in what could be the blink of an eye.…

going through life, but it is often at their last moment that people take the time to realize how important their surroundings are and the time passed is precious. Frost poem, “nothing gold can stay” is a writing, underlining the lost in which we are confronted and the incertitude of the future. However, Sylvia Plath’s poem is pointing out more and more the unusual way she sees the world and her own life with her writing “Mirror”. With both of these poems, the reader go through the meaning of life…