" 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. " 

What do you think this poem means?

​"Nothing Gold Can Stay" Meaning

• "Gold" is making a comparison to the good things in life.

• There is a comparison with spring (growing flowers that don't last), and reality.

• In simple terms, the poem is saying that good things don't last forever, so take advantage of them while you can.

Comparisons

• Good things in life

• Life (doesn't last forever)

​Reality

• Gold

• Flower (doesn't last forever)

​Spring