Nothing Gold Can Stay

Commented [LR1]: Rhyme scheme: AABBCCDD

Robert Frost
Nature's first green is gold, (A)
Her hardest hue to hold. (A)

Commented [LR2]: Alliteration: The repetition of the H

constant in the beginning of each word. Draws the readers
attention by the way it sounds when read.

Her early leaf's a flower; (B)

But only so an hour. (B)
Then leaf subsides to leaf, (C)
So Eden sank to grief, (C)

Commented [LR3]: Allusion: This alludes to the Garden of

Eden mentioned in the bible.

So dawn goes down to day (D)

Commented [LR4]: Alliteration: The repetition of the D

in the beginning of each word. Adds an effect when reading
the poem that keeps the reader interested.

Nothing gold can stay. (D)