Read just the title of the poem. What general impressions do you have? What do you think it will be about? What will be the general mood? Why do you think this?
I think it would be about how nothing can stay forever. I think the mood is negative because it talks about how nothing can stay and you have to take care. Also it talks about how nothing good can last. I love how it sounds
What is your overall opinion of the poem? Why?
I think what the poem is trying to stay is true. Because nothing important can stay for a long time.
What lines stand out to you most? What does it make you think about?
“Nature’s first green is gold” and “Nothing gold can stay.” That lines stand out the most for me, because the first one talks about what is the most important thing or what is your gold and the last sentence tells the message of the story that is that nothing can last forever and it makes the poem more clear.

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
What does the color green symbolize ?
That the first thing that you have is gold.
What does the color gold symbolize ?
The most important things, and that at the begging everything was wonderful.
Who or what does the poem refer to when it says “her”? How do you know?
Her “important thing” cant stay.
What type(s) of figurative language do you notice in these lines?
Inspiring language.
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.
What do you think the speaker means by “early leaf”?
That before being a flower “beautiful” she is a leaf.
What does a flower symbolize ?
The flower symbolizes that everything was beautiful and dedicated.
What comment is the speaker making about time?
That every time she is losing more things, until she realize nothing last forever.
Also, it uses personification because it is saying specific traits of nature.
What does the author most likely mean by “subside”? What tone does this word create?
Decides to leave. Or also it could be something you shouldn’t do or you were asked not to do.
What do you think “Eden” refers to?
A person, Eden and Eve were so happy and the bad didn’t exist, but then one they the bad existed and everything was ruined.
Why might Robert Frost have decided to make this reference in this poem?
Because he wants to say nothing last forever.
What mood or feeling does this image create?
Sad image, but a true image.
What is the message that the speaker seems to be communicating here?
The message is that nothing can stay forever and most of the time the more important things are the ones that you loss forever.

Why does the author include the word “gold” in the title, line 1, and line 8? What purpose does it serve?
Because it represent at the begging the they had something gold and at the end that they loosed it
Select the three most important words in the poem. Why did you choose each of these?
(These words do not have to be in order of importance)
Gold, Eden, flower
Gold= Everything was wonderful
Eden= Everything was perfect for him, but then everything ruined.
Flower= Everything was beautiful and delicate.
What feelings or emotions does this poem create? How does the author create this mood?
The poem creates nice emotions as well as sad. For example, at first it is talking about how everything is beautiful and then it talks about how you always los it even though you don’t want to.
What is the theme or message of this poem? Do you agree with it? Why or why not?
The message of the poem is that nothing last forever. By that I mean, that you can ruin everything by doing a stupid choice. That’s why it also talks about Eden. Because Eden and
Eve were happy and had everything and because they did a stupid choice the bad came and it didn’t last forever. I totally think it is true.
How does the theme or message of the poem connect to Johnny and Ponyboy’s situation in
The Outsiders? What is the context (what is going on in the book at this point? Why is the poem referenced at this point in the story?
Pony boy message is that he had most of things and because he decided to do a stupid decision he got from most of the things to nothing. And also the poem says you should do things you were tell not to do and that means he did something he was not suppose to do.
So I think the poem represents the difficult time he is having.