"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
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Literary tools,
Attitude of the speaker,
Shifts,
Theme
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nothing Gold Can Stay
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, subside: to lessen; to abate; to sink to a lower level
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.
What is the rhyme scheme?
What literary tools does Frost use to make his point? (symbolism, metaphor, allusion)
What is Frost's point?
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