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Read the poem "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.

Which literary element does line 2 contain?

Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Understatement

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Personification

Step-by-step explanation:

because Her hardest hue to hold means it is difficult to hold the

Personification.

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