Can anyone explain what this poem means /symbolize? Is their any literary devise.... if so, what are they? What is the true meaning being Robert Frost "nothing Gold can Stay"... Thanx
2007-02-15 02:34:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Nature's first green is gold......The earth is new
Her hardest hue to hold..........but a battle will ensue.
Her early leafs a flower...........Youth and innocent
But only so an hour.................is fleeting (like time).
Then leaf subsides to leaf......Time and sin unfolds,
So EDEN sank to grief............robbing the earth of her innocence.
So dawn goes down to day....The beginning ( youth's innocence)
Nothing gold can stay............will not prevail.
This poem refers to God's creation of earth and mankind. Remember the Garden of EDEN (earth)? The Bible records the story of Adam and Eve (mankind) in the book of Genesis. Genesis means .... the beginning. Adam and Eve were appointed to take care of Eden (earth). They were free of sin. But that didn't last. Time and sin took it's toil upon their innocence. Mankind is still dealing with that today.
When the poem says "Her" it refers to nature. It could also extend to earth, Mother Earth, Eden or Eve ( whom sinned.)
2007-02-15 04:02:11 · answer #1 · answered by honiebyrd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't read The Outsiders you should and it has a really beautiful interpretation of that poem. To me it means all good things must come to an end.
2007-02-15 03:23:51 · answer #2 · answered by kmv 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it could be different to everyone, but IMO
It means when you are a kid evrything is new and evrything you do is new. You cant to anything wrong because as a kid you are full of innocence. But you aren't that way forever it is only for a short time and it can never stay forever.
2007-02-15 02:41:20 · answer #3 · answered by John h 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here are some interpretations.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/frost/gold.htm
2007-02-15 06:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋