Sunday, April 21, 2013

"Nothing Gold Can Stay" Robert Frost

Robert Frosts poems are mostly about nature, and this one is not different.  This one specifically is about spring and the new, green things that nature creates.  It also describes the eventually of the destruction of the good that nature creates.  In the sixth line, Frost alludes to Eden, the paradise made for our enjoyment until we brought evil into it.  Frost must think that nature is good by its own design and would stay that way if not for the destructive potential of mankind.  We tarnish the gold that nature creates.  Because of us, "nothing gold can stay."  Frost also implies that good things dwindle over time and that flowers only have a short time to live.

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