Analysis Of Nothing Gold Can Stay

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In Robert Frost's poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay, he describes the nature of humans. Through metaphor, imagery, and allusion, he supports a message of humans and goals of perfection. Overall, the tone or mood of the poem conveys serious thought on the topic. Frost uses metaphor to convey his point. He writes about his understanding of nature when he writes, "Her early leafs a flower." In this line, he compares natures first leaf to a flower. But the leaf does not start out as a flower, it eventually turns into that. In this poem, Frost uses many different literary devices in the same line. While this is a metaphor, it also shows an example of paradox. This is because in the previous lines, he writes about natures first green and we think of the buds or the leaf of a flower. But it is only a part of the bigger flower. The poem has imagery for the reader to visualize and relate while reading. …show more content…

Frost writes in the first line, "Nature's first green is gold." This line can be confusing but it has a powerful meaning. Natures first green can be compared to innocence like that of a child. And the gold can also mean the same or express the idea of perfection. Also, the first green of the season symbolizes a new season and the first green and perfection. The next line further explains the concept of innocence because it says it is "Her hardest hue to hold." Similarly, one would say that the innocence can be hard to maintain throughout your life because if all of the influences that you encounter on a daily basis. Along with imagery, Frost uses

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