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“Nothing Gold Can Stay”
Robert Frost
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.
1. Describe the theme of this poem in one sentence:
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2. You need to pick one of the following to complete:
a. Write a paragraph explaining how the theme of the poem (that the ideal and
perfectness of things are fleeting) is reflected in the events of the novel.
b. Draw a picture of the church where Pony and Johnny go at sunrise, echoing
the images of the poem in your picture.
c. Write a poem about sunset. Include at least one example of alliteration, and
be sure your poem has a rhyme scheme.