“Nothing Gold Can Stay” By Robert Frost

122 Rockingham Road, Derry NH 03038 The Robert Frost Farm was home to Robert Frost and his family from 1900-1911.

Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour.

The leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

Poetic Devices Used in the Poem Alliteration = the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. It is used for emphasis and to give a musical sound. Allusion = is a reference to a famous person, event, or work of literature.

Poetic Devices Continued Personification = the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

Poetic Devices Continued Rhyme Scheme = the pattern of end rhyme in a poem. It is charted by assigning a letter of the alphabet, beginning with the letter a, to each line. Lines that rhyme are given the same letter.

Can You Identify? In “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, can you find Alliteration Allusion Personification Rhyme Scheme Number your paper write both the poetic device’s heading and write your example.