"Nothing Gold Can Stay" 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.

"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost

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.

"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost

Nature’s first green is gold, A

Her hardest hue to hold. A

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

So dawn goes down to day. D

Nothing gold can stay. D

Nature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

What is "nature's cycle"? What happens to all the living trees and flowers each year?

If "nature's first green" is the color "gold" does that mean the plant is blooming or dying?

What does the word "hue" mean? (This is one of our vocabulary words!)

Why might the "gold" be a hard "hue to hold"?