Figurative Language In Robert Frost's Nothing Gold Can Stay

“Nothing Gold can stay” by Robert Frost Is a tragic subtle yet profound, poem that uses metaphor, allegory and figurative language to create a sense of Despair to the reader. In the poem, Frost uses metaphor to weave the thought that everything in life; Perfection is temporary. Innocence and Beauty, how its fleeting, and the degeneration of it appears to be the theme for this poem. In Frost's poem he uses figurative language. The first flowers of spring aren’t actually leaves in disguise. Thats where he uses figurative language. Frost uses figurative language like a musician plucks his guitar strings. The fleeting nature of the D-Generation of beauty and innocence. What is, will eventually die. The leaf subsides Leaf is tragic. What was intended to blossom into a picturesque of flower simply failed to sustain life and died having seen no maturity in its short life. …show more content…
Nature first green is gold orients us to the setting as well as the overall theme This is a classic metaphor because Frost isn't literally saying though that green is gold however he is attempting to hook the reader into believing that there is a certain wealth or value to nature's first green which I interpret Frost is speaking about spring.
Frost captures us further with some alliteration in line two phrase to Mother Nature as he claims that this color gold, which could be a simple nod to the sunrise as it Peaks Over the Horizon as much as it is truly about the color gold, is her hardest Hue to him. I believe frost a showing us this fight a temporary flash, or the cop and circumstances of wealth, gold, or richness, it is indeed temporary, thrus, it's difficult to