Nothing Gold Can Stay Analysis

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

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So Eden sank to grief refers to the Garden of Eden which was destroyed after Eve was tempted by the apple of knowledge. This proves that seemingly perfect things cannot last and will constantly be changing.

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I am in 7th grade and im reading the SE Hinton book The Outsiders.
This poem appears in chapter 5 and it fits very well with the part. Ponyboy and Johnny are going through rough times but they wont be like that forever..

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I don't think its about hanging on or staying gold at all. I think its an observation of how beautiful new things are, at the moment they are new, in this case in nature. New babies are the softest thing ever, the same way that a freshly sharpened pencil is nice to write with and warm cookies feel good in your mouth, its a moment.

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Nothing Gold Can Stay
This is a beautiful poem. I read it when reading SE Hinton’s Book the Outsiders and have never forgotten it. This poem has the truest meaning to it I have ever found in life. My wife and, I lost our daughter at the age of 3 and we had this poem read at her services. This poem describes all children before they are corrupted by our world. All people start out gold you can stay gold if you will allow yourself to do so. You can't change what has happened. You can't predict what will happen and every minute you waste trying to foresee the future, or question the past is a minute in time you have lost to see the gold around you NOW.
AWB

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i love this poem.
i live by it.
i read this book
in 7th grade.
and now im reading it for fun.
this poem is very true.
good things in life never stay.

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My favortie movie is the outsiders and my favorite part is the part where pony boy says the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay". i think that johnny was right by saying it means when your a kid everything seems as if it were new but as you grow older it all seems to change

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I am in 6 grade , today I am writing a poem because in class we have been reading the outsiders and in chapter 5, it shows up Robert Frost magnificent poem and i am going to say what i think about it ,., it is an awsome and really good poem i love it and i hope i will be able to write as good as he does :)

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We are reading the novel The Outsiders in class:P!I think that the poem fits well in this part of the novel because the poem is about good times coming and going and that even when you're going through rough or sad timea, they won't stay forever. Also, in the story, the characters had an okay life, but now they are having rough time. That's why I think that the poem fits well in this part of the novel.
6th Grader

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I`m reading a novel called the "The Outsiders" it is a very good book and this is what I think about the poem called "Nothing Gold Can Stay." I think that Robert Frost means that when somebody is sad ,don`t think that your feelings will stay that way.
Written by a 6th grader

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We are reading The Outsiders in class, and Robert's Frost poem appears half way through the novel. The poem is very fitting for the novel because both communicate the ups and downs experienced in life. Frost uses nature's "golds," "leaf's" and "greens" to convey the journey of life.
7th Grade Student

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natures first green is gold--in my opinion i think that gold is the definition of good or new.
her hardest hue to hold--that would probebly mean that you can never keep a good thing stay good or you cant keep something new stay new.
her early leafs a flower-- that might mean that the worse part is over
but only so an hour-- that means that when the good part has started it only will last a while.
the leaf subsides to leaf--than the bad comes back
so eden sank to greif--she was sad because the bad came back
so dawn goes down to day--the dawn will never stay but it will come backl another day.
nothing gold can stay--when something good happens and you want it to stay...the next thing you know its gone today
-7th grader@

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The poem "nothing gold stays" means that when bad times come the good times will roll on after. This poem is in the book "The Outsiders".
I think everyone can relate to this poem and that when your down good times will come.

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I'm in grade 7, and I love writing lyrics and reading poetry, so this great piece of writing inspires me a lot. We're reading "The Outsiders" in class, and this poem comes across in chapter 5. I think this poem, written by Robert Frost, one of many amazing poets, is a great metaphoric paragraph. It makes you think, and teaches you that you must hold onto great things that come along as long as you can because soon, those wonderful experiences will fade away, but other ones will come. Also, you never really know how important or nice something is until it goes dies. Good things may come and go, but you have to remember, so will the bad.

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i am a grade sevener and i think this is an inspiring poem

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We're reading the Outsiders in class and this poem appears in chapter 5. I find It works well with the book because its kinda whats happening to them right now".They used to have a happy family with a mom and dad,then they passed away.Now their going through a really hard time witch is kinda like the poem Nothing Gold Stays.

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In the poem “Nothing Gold Stays” I think Robert Frost is trying to explain how quickly something so good can go away. I first read this poem in the book “The Outsiders” and I think it fits perfectly because so many things happened to the characters in the book that can relate to this poem. I think the poem describes all the different in situations in life and that you have to overcome obstacles in life.
A Seventh Grade Student

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We're reading The Outsiders in class and this poem appears in chapter 5. It works will with the novel because it goes with the book and it reflects the characters lives. Frost is basically telling the reader not to take the "gold" things in life for granted - they are fleeting.
Grade 7 Student

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Im reading the book the Outsiders aand this poem is in chapter 5 and it really goes good with the book becausse it means that even though you have ups and downs in your life they will always come and go.
Fr a seventh grader

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in the poem "nothing gold stays,"robert frost explains how good time quickly fade away.we're reading the outsiders in the class and this poem appears in chapter 5. it works well with the novel because even though things are going pretty good thing can turn bad quickly.

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We're reading THE OUTSIDERS in class and this is what it appears in chapter 5.It works well with the novel because .i think that the poem means , great , wonderful things , they will last forever , cool awsome things :)...

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In the poem "Nothing Gold Stays," Robert Frost explains how good times quickly fade away.
I discovered this poem in A School novel The Outsiders-BY- S.E. Hinton. This poem relates a lot in my life,I think I know what The Author is trying to say.
That nothing wonderful will stay that way because there is bad things in life. But nothing bad will stay because there are good things in life. By-I.A.
A.R.
7 Graders

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7th Grader(:
Iam reading this book in class and i think this poem fits in with the book and i think it means that you cant hold on to any thing for long but if you love it enough it might stay

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i think this poem means nature is very hard to hang onto,but i don't get why they say nothing gold can stay like yes it can but Robert Frost is my favourite poem writter like the road that never ends is awsome and this poem is cool to and this poem was in the outsiders witch is the best book ever!:) Grade 7er

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We're reading THE OUTSIDERS in class and this is what it appears in chapter 5.It works well with the novel because .i think that the poem means , great , wonderful things , they will last forever , cool awsome things :)...

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Im read The outsiders in class and this poem appears in chapter 5. It works well with the novel.

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In the poem "Nothing Gold Stays," Robert Frost explains how good times quickly fade away.
I discovered this poem in A School novel The Outsiders-BY- S.E. Hinton. This poem relates a lot in my life,I think I know what The Author is trying to say.
That nothing wonderful will stay that way because there is bad things in life. But nothing bad will stay because there are good things in life.

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i think this poem means nature is very hard to hang onto,but i don't get why they say nothing gold can stay like yes it can but Robert Frost is my favourite poem writter like the road that never ends is awsome and this poem is cool to and this poem was in the outsiders witch is the best book ever!:) Grade 7er

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In the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" Robert Frost explains how good times can quickly fade.In the line natures first green is gold, means that the first time you experiance something it might seem like the best thing thats ever happened to you. Her hardest hue to hold means that those feelings are hard to hold onto.Her early leaves a flower; but only so an hour means that its wonderful but it is only going to last a short amount of time.Then leaf subsides to leaf,so Eden sank to grief means that the good is fading away and something not as good is going to happen.So dawn goes to day means that the wonderful thing that happend is gone now.Nothing gold can stay means that wonderful things are going to happen but they cant last forever.Over all i think this poem means that good things are going to happen but they cant last forever,things have to get worse before they can get better.
-seventh grader

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I read this in the outsiders book with my class the other day, It's meaning to me is that youth doesn't last forever and that good things don't, bad things don't either. In the book there's a lot going on THE BOOK IS AWESOME :P

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I think that the poem is just saying that nothing good well last for ever. Even if it seems it will, it won't, every good thing has to come to an end sometime. So you have to cherish what you have and never take anything for granted because if you do all the more you will miss it when it's gone. †7th grader's point of view†

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My class and I are reading The Outsiders and this poem "nothing gold can stay" is in chapter 5 and I thought it was a pretty good poem. I think this poem is about all perfect thing can stay and the not so good things can stay too.

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I'm in seventh grade, and in my class we're reading "The Outsiders" and this poem, as most know, appears in chapter 5. I find it works well with the novel due to different events that have happened. Personally, I think the poem is trying to tell you that all the great things in your life won't stay. But neither will the bad.

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IN THE POEM “NOTHING GOOD STAYS”, Robert frost
Explains how good times quickly fade away.
Also I think that “GOLD” means a couple of things 1. (Pony boys family) 2. The sun or Edens garden how it doesn’t last because nothing you cherish will last!
By: Ryley Mckellar ☺

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The colour Gold, in this case, represents perfection, beauty, innocence and purity. The colour gold also signifies the start of something new, where everything is dawn. Gold is the hardest hue to hold,as perfection, beauty, innocence and purity are qualities that are hard to maintain. The phrase 'her early leaf's a flower' represents a morning glory, which lasts for only a few hours.
The next three lines consist of the words 'subsides','sank' and 'goes down', which means sinking from a higher level to a lower level. The word 'Eden', the name of a mythical garden, was a perfect place until it was destroyed when Adam and Eve at the apple of knowledge, signifying the loss of innocence. When dawn goes down to day, the morning glory wilts, signifying that nothing gold can stay forever.
~Ivan Bok
Nothing good would stay forever, just as nothing 'gold' in nature can stay forever. Things change, and theres no way to reverse this process, it is natural, and it is a profound property and nature and life.
This poem was an important part of SE Hinton's novel 'the outsiders', where I learnt this poem :)

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The fleeting nature of love's first bloom is the meaning I've always ascribed to the poem.
But being poetry, this meaning can be applicable to many things: youth, innocence, or anything new and wonderful in our lives. Familiarity, experience, and time all erode the illusion of the golden qualities of all these things.

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This poem is so beautiful..
You have to cherish the importent thngs in life. you never know what you've got untill its gone.
You never realise how important something is to you untill it dies.
this poen really made me think.
i didnt get it at first.but i understand it now its truly an amazing poem.
good job rob frost:)

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I feel like this poem represents the way of the world. It represents life; we all have ups and downs but life is what you make it. The sun will rise and set each day whether we are happy or sad. The things worth having are the hardes to obtain. Nature is going to works it course, we are just along for the ride. We will always have good times, bad times, hard times, but the grass can always be greener...

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Im a ninth grader and English is my second language.. I go to school in an Arabic Speaking Country called Kuwait. I LOVED this poem its very inspiring and it taught me to live my days as if they were my last :D

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I've studied Frost for quite some time now, and I can say I've become moderately obsessed with "Nothing Gold Can Stay." I first heard it in S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" and didn't think much of it. But when I came across the poem again in a collection of Frost, it struck a chord in me. So, I read up on it. I read several of the peer reviewed critical essays and analyses. It seems there's a general concensus that Frost was taking a very melancholy look at transcience and the inevitable loss of anything good and perfect. Yet, I disagree. If all Frost wanted to do was vent his frustrations with the scythe of time, why does this not permeate other areas of his poetry? I think his message offers hope. While Frost maintains that "Nothing Gold Can Stay," it is as if he is imploring for the reader to have faith, to "stay gold," as Miss Hinton would have put it. The wonderful thing about poetry is that we can never now the author's true intentions for placing prose language to any particular form. It frees us the take what we want from it, and I believe Frost knew that.

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I've studied Frost for quite some time now, and I can say I've become moderately obsessed with "Nothing Gold Can Stay." I first heard it in S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" and didn't think much of it. But when I came across the poem again in a collection of Frost, it struck a chord in me. So, I read up on it. I read several of the peer reviewed critical essays and analyses. It seems there's a general concensus that Frost was taking a very melancholy look at transcience and the inevitable loss of anything good and perfect. Yet, I disagree. If all Frost wanted to do was vent his frustrations with the scythe of time, why does this not permeate other areas of his poetry? I think his message offers hope. While Frost maintains that "Nothing Gold Can Stay," it is as if he is imploring for the reader to have faith, to "stay gold," as Miss Hinton would have put it. The wonderful thing about poetry is that we can never now the author's true intentions for placing prose language to any particular form. It frees us the take what we want from it, and I believe Frost knew that.

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