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What is "gold" referring to in the poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay"? (hint-it is a metaphor!)

"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." HELPPPPPPP

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Answer:

Happiness and perhaps good luck

Step-by-step explanation:

I'm honestly not sure, but I think it's saying nothing good lasts forever

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