“Nothing Gold Can Stay” means that nothing perfect can stay. In life, the best things are the ones that don’t last forever. The most beautiful things in life are the things that have the shortest life. In the poem, it says "Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold”, this means that the most beautiful color of nature is gold, but it also is the hardest color to last. In the book when Johnny refers to “Nothing Gold Can Stay” he is telling Ponyboy to stay with all that innocence that they had in their childhood. When the Greasers were small, they were innocent, but when they grew to adults, they became less innocent, violent, mean, rule breakers, etc… So what Johnny wants is that Ponyboy doesn’t become violent, mean, rule breaker,…
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” is a modernist work because it has rejection of sentimentality and artificiality by saying nothing gold or good can stay. In this poem it says at the start everything is gold or perfect then it goes away in the end which has loss of faith. It is rejecting Eden as a hero and who is flawed.…
To me, the poem appears to be comparing our youthful years as being as valuable as gold. We are to enjoy our time when we are young for it is the "…hardest hue to hold…" on to. It is also saying that our childhood years are very short and feels like "…but only so an hour…" As we grow older, our garden of "…Eden sank to grief…" The beginning of our life will quickly end as "…dawn goes down to day…" So in the end "…nothing gold can stay…" which refers to the end of our innocence. (All quotes taken from…
The poem “ Nothing Gold Can Stay” relates to real life because the paris attack at the outdoor concert by ISIS(www.CNN News.com) that has a big impact on real life. Because all of the people that were lost in the attack were gold to someone . And sadly they got killed so they couldn’t stay on earth for that long so there for the theme nothing gold can stay comes into play. The theme is trying to describe to people that the best things in life may not always stay there or be there when you need them the most.…
culpa in “Nothing Gold Can Stay” appears to be the cycle of life, which Robert Frost…
In the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” the themes of youth & Innocence are conveyed throughout the poem. In the text the elements of title, setting/imagery, author's presentation of information, and ideas are used to express the theme in the poem. In the poem the author uses the element of the title to relate to the themes of innocence and youth because the title means, nothing good lasts…
The reference to Robert Frost's poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is introduced by Ponyboy, as he recites it to Johnny in the Windrixville Church.…
The author reveals the message of the poem when he says "Nothing gold can stay because it is saying that nothing can stay or last forever just like gold"…
Firstly, the color gold is used several times throughout the novel to exemplify wealth, happiness, success along with the value of opportunity. In…
Robert Frost wrote Nothing Gold Can Stay in 1923, five years after WWII. His original poem contained more ideas about the world wars. He felt the need to change it because the first version contained a lot about the world ending and it scared people.…
To paraphrase this poem, it is about two neighbors who annually meet to fix the wall that divides them. One neighbor thinks that the wall is unnecessary, especially because they do not have anything that needs to be contained like animals. However, the other neighbor believes the wall should remain, and keeps repeating the phrase, “Good fences make good neighbors.”…
As Johnny had said to Ponyboy “stay gold” which refers to when Ponyboy recites the poem “ Nothing gold can stay” to Johnny in the church. The qualities that I feel allow me to stay gold were passed down to me at a young age. The strength and values being passed down from generation to generation feel as though they have grown stronger with time. My golden qualities are that I’m honorable, I’m ethical, and a nurturer.…
In The Outsiders, we see Johnny’s dying wish is that Ponyboy will “stay gold” and retain his good nature despite the terrible events that are unfolding around him. In the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” Frost explains that nothing, especially that which is perfect and beautiful, can last forever. For example, in the book The Outsiders Johnny says, “ Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold..." The pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died" ( Hilton 148 ). It is a clear illustration of this in Johnny’s death. He was gold for a brief period of time, but then died. On a hopeful note, it seems that maybe Ponyboy will be different. Maybe he will actually stay gold. Johnny was not able to stay gold, but maybe Ponyboy can. For example in the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” the author says, “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” This last line connects us back to the title and reminds us of the only other mention of gold in this poem, which is in the first line. The line neatly wraps up all the metaphors: early spring leaves and flowers, the Garden of Eden, and dawn are all gold, and none of them can stay for very long in this world. Whatever is fresh and new and wonderful has to hit the road, leaving us with green leaves, people who know sin and guilt, and the bright, boring light of day. But take comfort. Even though we'll eventually lose the glaze of gold, now that we know it's not sticking around, we can appreciate it more. At the same point, The Outsiders and the poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” relates to life and where it takes you, This leads to the end of the book and the poem…
Robert Frost makes an allusion to an accident that happened in Vermont back in 1916. He chooses to make an allusion back to Shakespeare's Macbeth. The allusion refers to the queen's life quickly ending after her chop to her head. She quickly bleeds to death. In "Out, Out," the boy carelessly drops the buzz saw after being distracted by a time of fulfillment known better as supper. Soon realizing the carelessness of his mistake, pleads to his sibling to not allow the doctor to amputate his appendage. The sunset alludes to the coming of darkness, known as death. The allusion also set irony to the setting, because sunset can also display a calm, serene atmosphere. The buzzing and rattling of the buzz saw represents the harsh labor the boy was forced to endure. Buzzing is the actual work and the rattling is the idle time between. The mountain acts as a barrier so that no noise or external factors can interfere with the coming disaster. Frost adds a tidbit more of irony when the boy's "rueful laugh" expels from his mouth, because rueful inspires pity but laughing represents glee.…
Frost explains that nothing, especially that which is perfect and beautiful, can last forever. Frost says, "Nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold, Her early leafs a flower, but only so an hour," meaning that "gold" is considered beautiful and perfect but is the hardest to keep. Gold will only last a short time. The above quote from the poem also means that the best things in life, represented by gold, can't last forever as represented by the second line of the poem. The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost holds several meanings that relate beauty to life, staying young and beautiful, and that perfection is only temporary and easily lost. The poem also related to the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton as well.…