Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost Natures

“Nothing Gold Can Stay” By 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.

What is a topic?

What are some possible topics for this poem? 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.

Possible topics. . . • • • Nature Leaves and flowers Time—what happens in an hour A day—sunrise to sunset Change Changing friendships

How to find theme • • • Look for repeated words or phrases Look for synonyms Watch for comparisons Figurative language Study the beginning Study the ending

What is theme • A theme must. . . – Convey the author’s message or – Express the central idea – Be timeless – Be universal

Possible themes. . . • All living things must die eventually. • Youth and innocence cannot last. • The fact that all good things must at some point come to an end.