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"Nothing Gold Can Stay"
is one of Robert Frost's most famous poems. Written in 1923
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.
Meaning
The poem means that anything that is genuine will eventually fade away, and that everything that has a true beauty must eventually fade away. It is as well a different, deeper way of showing the change of the seasons.

COMMONTS
This simplistic, beautiful poem illustrates the coming of age with plants and nature. When your young your gold. Every thing is new and beautiful. The flower. After a short time, hence “But only so an hour.”, you prepare for adulthood, like when “Leaf subsides to leaf,” as a tree prepares itself for winter. “So Eden sank to grief.” refers to looking back on your past and wishing you were still a kid. “So dawn goes down to day,” is becoming an adult. You can’t stay a kid and “Nothing gold can stay.”
I think “nature” stands for “human nature” because precedes “first” which clearly points to “young age.” “First green” stands for “prima vera” in Latin, etymologically speaking. It is talking about springtime of the human nature, youth. By “gold” is meant “precious,” “treasure” or “beautiful.” So far sounds like “juventud, divino tesoro” of Bequer. He is stating that youth is a treasure. “Hue” denotes (dictionary meaning) any loud outcry or clamor. I think is referring to impulse, strength. “Her hardest hue to hold” must mean that youth’s strength is very hard to control. “Early leaf” connotes the first outcome of youth. “Flower” connotes beauty. “Leaf subsides leaf” connotes that next day follows the first day, that time goes on. “Eden” denotes the biblical paradise, where Adam and Eve were happy. It connotes joy and happiness of youth. “Sank” past of “sink” which is to go