Beauty is something that all young forms of life take advantage of. Elders show the younger generation how they used to look at their age to prove that appreciate the best moments in life because nothing lasts forever. In Robert Frost’s lyric poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” and Mary Oliver’s lyric poem “Lines Written in the Days of Growing Darkness”, both authors state that appreciate the best moment sin life because nothing lasts forever. The speaker of Oliver’s poem encourages us directly to “let us go on, cheerfully enough” (line 18), even though the reader has the idea that darkness is coming. On the other hand, Frosts poem suggest indirectly that although nothing lasts forever, the current objects beauty must fade away in order for the new …show more content…
For example in line 3, the speaker of the poem tells us that “the world descends”. This metaphor demonstrates that the leaves on the autumn trees are starting to fall meaning winter is coming. These leaves that are falling to the ground will on the contrary to the initial negative tone, provide a “rich mash” (line 4) which will act as a fertilizer for next spring’s new beauties. It is a “mash” of colors when the autumn leaves are on the ground, mostly in the colors of red and orange which both symbolize happiness and a bright future, similar to which will come in the spring thanks to this fertilizer. The speaker asks the reader “who would cry out?” (Line 7), a rhetorical question because in reality, nobody would cry out because most people know it is necessary cycle. This contrast with the poem “Nothing Gold Can’t Stay” by Robert Frost, analyzed earlier, because that lyric illustrates that people will become upset when nature cycles its seasons. In addition, the speaker sates, “sun be swinging east” (line 20) which describes the suns movement eastward gradually becoming lower and lower making the days become shorter and colder. However, it’s important to note that the word “swinging” comes from a pendulum which is cycle. This subtlety tells the reader that the sun way be swinging east now but it will come back around and rise in the west, not all is
The overall theme of the poem is sacrifice, more specifically, for the people that you love. Throughout the poem color and personification are used to paint a picture in the reader's head. “Fog hanging like old Coats between the trees.” (46) This description is used to create a monochromatic, gloomy, and dismal environment where the poem takes
“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” Robert Frost.
Frost observes the changes he notices outdoors, writing, “Nature’s first green is gold, / Her hardest hue to hold. / Her early leaf’s a flower; / But only so an hour” (lines 1-4). Here he is noting the changes in the colors outside, along with the life cycle of a plant, originally only bearing leaves but then blossoming into flowers later on throughout the seasons. Although the poem’s main focus is that things cannot stay forever and do not last long, it can also be argued that seasons themselves are prime examples of the circular notion of time.
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” I really savor reading old books because they remind me of my grandparent’s childhood stories. My grandparents always reminded me of how innocent they were back then, but how life had twisted throughout the years, and their innocence faded away. In the Outsiders, an old book written by S.E. Hinton, there is a quote that says: “Nothing gold can stay”. This shows that no matter who, what influence or how old you are, one day your innocence will adrift, as one day you will meet the authentic world.
The narrator immediately incorporates symbolism insinuating the emphasis on struggle in the first stanza. Symbolizing adversity, she tells the reader “I think by now the river must be thick with salmon. Late August,
While Nothing Gold Can Stay is frank about the ephemeral essence of purity, To Kill a Mockingbird’s Atticus must be tested in order to make the realization. In his poem, Frost writes with a bleak tone to be frank about the inevitability of the loss of innocence. He states very plainly that “leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.”
This assonance begins the poem by setting the scene. We are able to interpret that the unnamed narrator is in a terrible mood, is fearful, and his anxiety is skyrocketing. This is set at midnight, which gives a feeling of uneasiness. These dark terms are emphasized by the assonance to give the
The intricate nature of the common human perspectives on life’s goals is shown by Sandra M. Gilbert 's far-reaching poem, “The Chairlift”. Through the poem, Gilbert takes the reader up a chairlift, through a simplistic view of life, and then proceeds to dump the reader at the top of the chairlift with a new life question to ponder. Gilbert forces readers to ask themselves what they regret or might do over in a second life, if they had the chance. By comparing life’s journey to a ride on a chairlift up a mountain, readers see the speaker symbolically taken out of the lush forests and into the desolate, rocky peaks. Each symbol represents different takes on life views, but the chairlift shows that no matter what, at the top of the “chairlift”
In both F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, it states that nothing that is considered precious cannot last because time is always moving forward, making change inevitable. In the novel, Gatsby and Daisy both relate to elements in the poem. An allusion made in the poem can also be used to describe Gatsby and Daisy’s roles in the novel. Throughout The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby attempts to recreate the perfect and innocent love that he and Daisy shared in their youth.
Trying To Name What Doesn’t Change By Naomi Shihab Nye Introduction Naomi Shihab Nye is an American novelist and poet born in 1952. She is mostly known for her poetic works that looks at ordinary events in life from a different and interesting perspective. Her approach has been the use of events, people and objects to pass her messages. In this paper, the main focus is on her poem ‘Trying to Name What Doesn’t Change’ which was written and published in 1995.
Throughout life, you learn how to adapt to changes. Johnny’s last words to Ponyboy, “Nothing gold can last forever” had a big impact on Pony. The themes presented in the poem “Nothing can stay gold” has similar themes in the Novel the “Outsiders”. Losing innocence is what makes you grow up. In the poem written by Robert Frost, the first line states “Nature’s first green is gold”.
Robert Frost uses alliteration and allusion in "Nothing Gold Can Stay" to create a solemn tone. Frost alludes to the Garden of Eden, which was the paradise that God originally created for Adam and Eve. However, we see a shift in the mood of the poem from the start to end. The beginning of the poem starts off somewhat jovial about the arrival of nature's "first green" or the start of spring, but towards the end it takes on the more solemn mood.
While it is important that one cherishes certain moments frozen in time, it is as equally important that one focuses on the present. The poem, as a whole,
In the third line he states “spring summer autumn winter” and in line 11 “autumn winter spring summer”. Cummings switches the order of the months a third time in the last stanza creating the idea that time runs on an endless cycle. Cummings implements this change in the seasons order at random times in the poem to remind readers of the infinite quality of
Which is that beauty comes from within. His purpose is teaching the poet that in order to create true and inspiring art he must look deep inside of himself. He starts to develop this idea with an extended metaphor as he explains that even if you have come to your lowest point in life “you still have your childhood, that jewel beyond all price, that treasure house of memories” (3) to inspire you and give you life again. This statement shows that even when you have been beat up and are lost you still have your priceless jewels of your past. Memories are something so beautiful and priceless that can not be taken away from you, because it comes from within you.