Whats exactly is this poem saying?

Nothing Gold Can Stay - 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.





I know that its saying that good things can't last forever, but could you explain it line by line?

Whats exactly is this poem saying?
my man frost, yo, hes talking about gettin rich and sittin on big piles of gold you know and like sippen on champagne and gettin all these honeys you know?
Reply:I'm not exactly sure it means a specific thing. It's one of those poems that mean different things, depending on the person personality. I think it is describing the sunrise and sunset. Because the sun is gold. But can't say for sure.





I may also be wrong!
Reply:Nature is represented in leaf-flower-fauna symbolism, but it represents humans and human life. Line one is saying that the first green - the pure, untarnished, innocent state that we are all born in - is gold, or the most valuable and precious state of our lives. Line two is saying that state of purity and optimistic innocence is the most difficult state to preserve, that ultimately all humans become corrupted or lose their naivete. Third line and fourth line: "she" or humans/nature is embodied most beautifully by the flower, but quickly, after reaching the peak of maturity, we begin to degredate that state. Line five: then we all go the way of all before us, meaning the downfall of our peak. Line six: Eden represents the cradle or origin of all human life, and just as Eden "sank to grief" or grieved over it's loss (of purity/innocence), we will too. This is repeated in the image of line seven: dawn going to day represents the over-ripening. The last line, then, simply concludes that nothing gold (or pure) can remain untarnished in life.
Reply:Nature's first green is gold,


(the first "virginal" and "spring" things are "golden" or best)


Her hardest hue to hold.


(but they are the hardest to keep %26amp; don't easily last)


Her early leaf's a flower;


(the first is more complex %26amp; beautiful than we expect)


But only so an hour.


(but its beauty fades fast)


Then leaf subsides to leaf.


(then things are pretty standard and less interesting)


So Eden sank to grief,


(even the innocent perfection of Eden was ruined)


So dawn goes down to day.


(the beautiful splendor of a fresh day sinks or sort of fades into normal day as spectacular moments of life fade into the normal routine)


Nothing gold can stay.


(nothing amazing --"or pure"--lasts forever)





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Good luck!


~Saoirse
Reply:i think that the first line means that nature at first is green and alive but it dies. and the second line means that this green or "gold" color is hard to hold and keep in other words everything good can go away...and at first the flower has many petals in other words a lot of color and life but flowers shrivel up and die. then the leaves fall off as do the good things that come and go in life. and night comes....nothing gold can stay...nothing good lasts forever even though it might come back theyre bound to go away.





i may be wrong...but ppl have different interpretations of poems this is mine good luck :)

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