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Nothing Gold Can Stay, And The Road Not Taken

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Robert Frost is a poet who emphasizes nature during spring and fall as something with magnificent beauty and during winter as something unpleasant and distressing. In his poems, Frost explains that when youthful seasons like spring conclude, nature’s magnificent beauty fades away. For example, in his poems, Nothing Gold Can Stay, and The Road Not Taken, Frost show’s how during spring and other youthful seasons, like fall, nature is beautiful and unique. Frost even compares nature during spring to other delightful things. However, in his poems, Reluctance, and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Frost shows how during winter, nature is dark and tragic. Frost shows that as a result of all the unpleasant effects of the winter season, nature loses its unique magnificence. Frost’s poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay describes flowers in nature during the spring as things so precious and beautiful as gold. However, Frost then indicates that “her hardest hue …show more content…

This poem is about how Frost was in the woods and while he was walking, he approached “two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” Frost is showing us that it’s fall because the wood and the leaves are yellow. However, we can see that the beautiful yellow color on the wood and leaves during fall represent sunshine and happiness. Therefore, Frost is showing us that fall is filled with cheerfulness and joy where a person can go outdoors and fully understand and appreciate the gift of nature. Frost eventually chose to go through a path in which he felt was “the better claim because it was grassy and wanted wear” which means that during the fall, a person can still find youthful green grass. Frost specifically liked this path because it was a youthful, new path. Frost is showing us that during the fall season, a person can still experience the beautiful joy of nature because it is still filled with much youth, beauty and

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