Robert Frost's Nothing Gold Can Stay

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The context of the poem was originally written prior to world War II because Frost was worried about the direction of our world. Rather than doing public add, Frost decided to make a poem about how he thought that germany was going to end the world. Even though everyone thinks that this poem is based on nature it is actually based off World War II. Although the war had not started, Frost had a good idea to publish the poem a couple years after he wrote it to not release a public worry.
Nothing gold can stay by Robert Frost is a narrative poem, That describes what he is experiencing at the time that he is writing it. If one were to look at the original length of the poem, It tells a longer story than the one published in The Outsiders. After all, a narrative poem is a poem that tells a story. …show more content…

The title Nothing Gold can stay could be used in alot of differnt thing like the perfect moments in life. There is a good balance the beginning of the poem talk like a the beginning of life and then at the end of the poem it ends up like someone is dying.
Although there is no repetition, Frost dos use the word gold twice as if he is trying to make a point about the moment are perfect and pure.
The period of time changes based on its application.
There is no charters accept for Nature because it starts as a new leaf and the poem goes through life with the leaf, and also dawn would be another charterer because it would be a big part of the leafs life.
While reading the poem the details are very out there, I think that frost was trying to put the information out there so anyone could grab on to the point of the poem.
This particular poem does not have a cultural representation.
This narrative poem is based on reality since it was written as a personal expression in response to the events prior to World War

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