| 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. |
hue = color
subsides = falls back down Eden = Adam and Eve 1) How did they "sink to grief"? so = like, in the same way as |
1) What do you think Robert Frost is trying to say? (Try
to sum it up in a phrase or two.)
2) How does this poem apply to the events/characters
of the novel so far? (What "gold" did Pony have that didn't last?)
3) Is this supposed to be a sad poem? What makes you
think so/not?
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