Poetry Explication, "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

"Nothing Gold Can Stay", is a famous poem by Robert Frost. The poem was featured in The Outsiders, this may be a key to its popularity. The poem has many interpretations, from a sunrise to a flowering spring blossom on its way to summer. Nothing gold can stay. Robert Frost puts the setting in nature to create a peaceful, subtle tone. He starts by saying natures first green is gold. I take this as an early morning sunrise, where the sun makes everything golden. He states that gold is her hardest hue to hold. Meaning the sunrise only last for a short amount of time, and then its gone. Her early leafs a flower, means that the early sunrise is the most beautiful when compared to other parts of the day. But only so an hour, an hour is viewed as a short period of time. It comes and goes fast. When Frost talks about leaf subsiding to leaf, the metaphorical flower is changing into a standard leaf, leaving its beautiful phase. He also states that Eden sank to grief. This could be a metaphor of how everything around the flower loses its golden properties. Like how Eden sank to grief when Adam and Eve ate from the tree. Dawn turns into day, explains how the sun rises and everything golden is no longer there. The famous last line states what the whole poem is about. Each line compliments it perfectly, and truly makes you believe that, "Nothing Gold Can Stay.

Blake B.