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In Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” which line is an allusion to the Bible’s creation story?

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"Then leaf subsides to leaf, so Eden sank to grief."
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In Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay", the line that is an allusion to the Bible's creation story is "...So Eden sank to grief,...". In this poem, Frost speaks about that nothing, especially something that is beautiful, lasts forever. He refers to nature and what is more to the cycle of life and death. When he speaks about Eden he refers to the Bible's creation story as the first green.

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