2006-10-13 03:28:17 · 8 answers · asked by Marky 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Actually, the title of the Robert Frost poem is "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
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.
The delicate gold of spring leaves will inevitably turn into the green leaves of summer. Eden (or Paradise) will be lost--eventually subsumed in grief.
In The Outsiders, this is the poem Ponyboy reads Johnny while they are hiding, saying he doesn't really understand it. The words, "Stay gold," are Johnny's last words before he dies. Later in their copy of Gone with the Wind, Ponyboy finds Johnny's explanation of the poem. "Stay gold," means, hold on to the wondrous things you see and experience while you are young and innocent. Of course, the early golden leaves will turn green, spring will turn to summer, dawn to day, youth to maturity; but you can hold on to the wonder, the sense of innocence, the "goldenness" of youth.
2006-10-16 16:53:52 · answer #1 · answered by bfrank 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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What does the phrase Stay Gold symbolise in the book The Outsiders by S E Hinton?
2015-08-12 00:53:07 · answer #2 · answered by Lowe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Outsiders Stay Gold Poem
2016-11-05 00:01:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually, it's a poem by robert frost i believe. it's basically about innocence and the loss of it. the movie explains it a bit better than i can.
Nature's first green is gold
Her hardest hue to hold
Her early leafs a flower
But only so an hour.
it basically means that green symbolizes spring (innocence) and it's golden (meaning valuable) and very hard to hold. you get the idea. check out the movie.
2006-10-13 16:24:50 · answer #4 · answered by Bill N 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the book was the outsiders if ya seen the movie i think you would get it stay the way you are dont let the things outside youre control change youre feelings about life
2006-10-13 03:38:44 · answer #5 · answered by james w 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's about staying who you are on the inside and not letting outside forces corrupt your true self.
2006-10-13 03:30:10 · answer #6 · answered by jsauls3271 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means stay the way you are for as long as you can because nothing stays gold forever. (listen to the song by Stevie Wonder, "Stay Gold". that basically explains it all)
2006-10-13 05:19:23 · answer #7 · answered by Raven's Shadow 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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yeah we read it in school last year (in 8th grade) i really loved it it was such a beautiful yet very sad story we also watched the movie pony boy was my fave character <3 Lol
2016-04-03 23:43:46 · answer #8 · answered by Lorien 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋