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Essay / Analysis - 589
In his poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay", the poet Robert Frost communicates the idea that anything created in the cosmos, which is pure and possesses the beauty of gold, cannot be arrested. It will lose its luster or purity at one point or another. He reveals this idea through the use of a metaphor. Through lines one and five of his poem, he compares the leaves of nature to a golden, beautiful moment that does not last long enough for us to enjoy its bright sight each day, and eventually everything withers away through its color and its appearance. . “Nature’s first green is gold, its most difficult hue to remember.” In these lines, Robert Frost explains that the shimmering green color of nature when all its leaves bloom is a flourishing sight, but it is a radiant color that is difficult to remember. In the sixth line he alludes to the story of Adam and Eve. “So Eden sank into sorrow.” This line develops the idea that purity is another thing that cannot stay forever. When Eve ate from the tree of knowledge, Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden and this had consequences....