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Robert Frost's Poem 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'

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Robert Frost wrote this poem in 1923. Frost is referencing creation from the perspective from a Christian. The poem is about creation and how creation evolves over time. Frost is an American poet from New England. He was very concerned with the current political climate. This piece is a collection of 20th century poetry.
"Nothing Gold Can Stay," is a Narrative. It explains a complete thought all the way through. Frost was telling the readers as story with the words that he used. It was supposed to send a message across.
The title, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," isn't completely obvious. Frost makes the reader create conclusions what it might mean by using the context clues in the poem.
This poem talks a lot about nature, not necessarily repeating it just brings it up a lot. I think it does this to really emphasize how the beginning of life in nature is similar to how we're born, then grow up and we aren't as precious as we were while being a child. It also mentions the word "Gold" a couple of times to remind people of a precious metal and how people treasure it, again, also how our childhood goes. …show more content…

Of course not literally, but figuratively. It starts out by saying how you're gold at the beginning of your life and then you start to get older and less precious, and then eventually you die. Therefore, it starts at the beginning of your life and goes to the end.
There aren't any humane characters. The characters in this poem are more figurative than literal; they are brought to this story with personification. One of the characters are Eden, which is a garden, but is used as a different concept in the poem. Another character in this poem is nature. Nature is used to set the theme and make the words create an image so the reader can make sense of

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