Shaping Sheet for Poetry Analysis – “Nothing Gold Can Stay”
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leafs 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.
I. Introductory Paragraph:
I am aware that in the future I must write an introductory paragraph of at least 3-5
sentences and which also includes my thesis statement.
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II. Body Paragraph
Concrete Detail #1 (quote from poem): ____________________________________
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Commentary 1:_______________________________________________________
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Commentary 2: ______________________________________________________
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Concrete Detail #2 (quote from poem): ____________________________________
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Commentary 2: ______________________________________________________
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