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. I feel like the poem would be considered a narrative poem because it kind of tells a story. The title’s meaning is pretty obvious to me.The title is a reference to the fact that people grow and change. When a person is young they are considered gold. It could
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Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost is one of the greatest poets of our time‚ and “Nothing gold can stay” is one of the many great poems I love by him. “Nothing gold can stay” holds a special place in my heart due to it being my very last show in the Laker Marching band. Of my three years of being in Color-guard I learned to embody music‚ books‚ and poems. Spending hundreds of hours on a show based off of this poem‚ it brought the meaning of it to me to new heights. At the end of the year I did not
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In Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay‚” the speaker proclaims that fame and the things we value last only “an hour” (4). Having lost his wife and children which for him were like gold‚ Frost comes to the sobering recognition that “Nothing gold can stay” (8). Frost feels plagued by solitude but struggles with distancing himself. Frost’s two poems “Mending Wall” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” both represent Frost’s desire for human connection because of its value. Though it appears that
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“Nothing Gold Can Stay” is a short poem written by Robert Frost that expresses how nothing good can last forever. Frost explains this through a use of imagery. Similarly‚ I can compare my experience of going up the Empire State Building to this poem. The sunset from there was an extraordinary view. But like most beautiful and perfect things‚ it won’t last forever. Unfortunately‚ a sunset only lasts for a certain amount of time. I figure that‚ almost every person has experienced such an amazing and
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The Pearl by John Steinbeck coordinates back to “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost‚ as Kino discovers the pearl of the world and comes to understand that innocence may not always remain through his experiences of a given opportunity‚ life continuing to move on‚ and the theme that change is inevitable. With a line of blood on his blade‚ Kino wakes up the next morning to the sight of the pearl and the great promises it held. The glisten of the alluring pearl brought “its music of promise and delight
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Robert Lee Frost (March 26‚ 1874 – January 29‚ 1963) was an American Poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is a short poem that was written in 1923. The poem read as both the rose’s blossom‚ as well as its sharpest thorn. Although the poem seems to be about the nature‚ there is an obvious connection to human beings. The poem shows common to youth in nature‚ the early theological beginning of man
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Something I consider ‘’gold’’ is my grandpa‚ because he was always there for me and when I was down he gave me a big hug and helped me through the rough times I had. I lost my grandpa because of an Illness he had‚ he had a bad illness where he was in the hospital for most of the time and that made me very sad. I tried to hold onto him by spending a lot of time with him and taking care of him‚ because he liked it when I was there spending time with him. I was unsuccessful because my grandpa passed
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Stay Gold By: Julie Pratt In the end of the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton‚ Johnny Cade’s last words to Ponyboy were “Stay gold‚ Ponyboy. Stay gold…” (pg 148). One way to interpret Johnny’s words would be that he meant for Ponyboy to keep his innocence. Another way would be to say that Johnny meant for Ponyboy to stay true to who he was. It is also possible that he meant for Ponyboy to continue to be a generally good person‚ pure of heart and mind. Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy had a triple
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emphasis and meaning to his/her work as a whole. These elements if used properly‚ will both convey the message the author wants to portray in his/her work‚ while maintaining to keep the attention of their readers. Robert Frost in “Nothing Gold Can Stay” (Frost‚ "Nothing Gold Can Stay")‚ and “Meeting and Passing” (Frost‚ Meeting and Passing) are only two examples of the many literary works that have successfully used imagery and syntax to take full advantage of the opportunities they create in a literary
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our universe! “The Seafarer” and “Nothing Gold Can Stay” both demonstrate that if you eliminate the glamour of our materialistic society‚ you will discover we live in a Glided Age. “The Seafarer” begins with an old sailor telling his tale of traveling the treacherous seas. He reflects on his difficult experiences‚ and he has an epiphany. He comes to the realization that the glory of the old days has vanished. He then questions his culture’s custom of pouring gold over the dead. He knows that everything
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