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NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY Understanding Robert Frost’s Poem in “The Outsiders” NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY Natures first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leafs 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 What is natures first green? b) Why is it gold? Do you think Frost means the color gold? Natures first green is gold. Her hardest hue to hold. a) What is a hue? b) Does nature have a hard time holding on to green? ( just think… don’t answer, yet…) Her early leafs a flower; But only so an hour. What would an early leaf be? b) Why is it only that way for an hour? Is it really an hour…what is Frost saying here? Then leaf subsides to leaf. a) What does the word subsides mean? b) Knowing that a leaf bud may look like a flower at first, but actually turns into a leaf (as we know one to look like), where could Frost be going with this poem? So Eden sank to grief. a) What is Eden? b) What is meant by the reference to grief? NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY Natures first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leafs 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. a) What do the words in red indicate to you? b) Why do you think Frost chose them? So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. We dont typically think of dawn, or a sunrise, as going down, as we would with dusk. Why do you think Frost worded it like this? b)What is meant by nothing gold can stay? NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY Natures first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leafs 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 Final Question: Now that you have a better understanding of the poem, how could the messages apply to more than nature? What does it say about people and life in general?