This poem , “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, by Robert Frost is a very short poem, consisting of only eight lines. However, the message is clear.
Question: How does the image in these lines help convey the idea that beauty is temporary?
Answer: A. by expressing that blossoms only have a limited life span
Robert Frost wants to convey in this poem that nothing, however beautiful and perfect in nature, can last forever. In the beginning of the poem he uses the image of a plant getting leaves and blossoms again in the spring, they are very delicate and so beautiful, but that is how life is. At first we as people are tender and fragile and beautiful, but we all die one day and then it is over, which is the inevitable cycle of life.