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The poem //Nothing Gold Can Stay// is a metaphor for everything good and precious in life has to end. Frost is saying that when something good happens in life it is perfect, then in the blink of an eye ("only so an hour") the tables turn; and everything good in life turns bad. I think that Robert Frost's purpose in writing this poem was to express his experience with his own happiness slipping away. In addition, he was probably wanting to share his knowledge with the world. From what I have read of Frost's poems he seems like a man who was very knowledgeable and in touch with himself. I think that he was quite successful in accomplishing his goal of sharing his perspective. I think that this poem, like all important lessons in life, takes some serious though before understanding it completely. This poem has the power of meaning different things when read in different situations. But it always gives the reader a wise message tainted with a sorrowful deeper meaning: the best things in life die all too soon.

This image shows what i picture when i read the phrase "Nature's first green is gold". To me this is statement is talking about how when in early spring, the leaves on the trees are so green that they have a golden tinge to them. In contrast, when i read this phrase by itself it takes on a different meaning. The second time i read it it is saying that Nature's first green (springs first bloom) is gold (is beautiful and precious) This painting captures both of those ideas in one canvas.

In the phrase "So dawn goes down to day" Dawn is pure, it is the newborn, untouched. Day is less special; day is average and routine. The phrase "So dawn goes down to day" implies that dawn is higher, or more sacred than day. In other words, so dawn turns into day. Another way of thinking about this phrase is in terms of the sun. depending on the way you look at it, the sun can be at its highest point at sunrise, and as day progresses it gets lower. You could also think about it in terms of time passing. This is important to understand because it shows that as time passes things change, the point Robert Frost is trying to make in this poem is that nothing can stay blissful, but one of the key points is that things change as time goes on.

__Eden__ -noun a state of perfect happiness or bliss. (Dictionary.com)

Knowing the definition of this word is helpful because it lets Frost's words really paint a picture in the mind of the reader. Without knowing the meaning of the word "Eden" you cannot fully understand the power of the statement "So Eden sank to grief." [| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_E84kN-zaI&feature=related] this video really puts the prospective of time passing. the phrase "but only so an hour" makes me think of a short amount of time passing. I liked this video because i think it really shared the feeling of //Nothing Gold Can Stay//. The phrase "but only so an hour" is not literally talking about one hour. Frost is using an hour as a symbol or synonym for a very short amount of time. This statement is saying but only for a very small amount of time. This phrase could also be seen as a symbol for time passing. In previous lines frost talks about the best things in life. When things in life are great people always say that time flies. Frost is touching upon the common statement that time passes fastest when you don't want it too.