February 05, 2015
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Poetry Analysis
for title
*Remember that the title gives you
a clue about the main idea of the
poem. Read the title, and predict
what you think the poem is about.
title
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.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
-Robert Frost
Your task: Write your prediction on
your paper.
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Your Task: Paraphrase the
poem on your paper
for paraphrase
*After reading the poem, explain the
plot in your own words. It might be
helpful to paraphrase each stanza or
couplet first. For this poem, you
will paraphrase each line.
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.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
-Robert Frost
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The way feeling behind the word. The
way we use the word to mean--extra
meaning
for connotation
*Examine the poem for literary
devices such as diction, imagery,
details, and figurative language
(simile, metaphor, personification,
etc.), point of view, etc.
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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.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
-Robert Frost
February 05, 2015
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for attitude
*Determine the SPEAKER'S attitude
(tone) of the poem that contributes
to the meaning.
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.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
-Robert Frost
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*Examine the title again, this time
on an interpretive level.
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.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
-Robert Frost
Your task: Draw an arrow
pointing to the tone shift.
Identify the change.
*Do the feelings of the poem change?
If so, where? Does the attitude of
the poem change?
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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.
-Robert Frost
What is the tone? Start
with negative, positive, or
neutral.
for title
for Shifts
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for theme
*What is the message the poet wants
the reader to take away from the
poem?
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.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
-Robert Frost
What is the lesson that is
learned? Do you consider
this an important lesson?
Why?
February 05, 2015
Connect to the novel
How does this poem's message
apply to the characters in the
novel?
How does this poem help to
reinforce a theme in the novel?
What is the lesson that is
learned? Do you consider
this an important lesson?
Why?