Figurative Language & Tone: Nothing Gold Can Stay
Figurative Language & Tone: 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.
-Rober Frost
What feeling does the phrase 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' convey?
Which figurative language is 'her hardest hue to hold' an example of?
What does the phrase 'Dawn goes down to day' symbolize?
What effect does the use of alliteration have in 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'?