it lesson 1

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.

1. the use of figurative speech in the poem is evident. in the first line, "Nature's first green is gold," it is a symbolism as green cannot be gold, the line is to show that nature is very important, just as important as gold to humans.In line 2, hue is just a colour or shade and it cannot be hold on to. it is a metaphor. from line 3-5, the figurative speech used is also a metaphor as the leaves are not flowers but the leaves are as beautiful as flowers.
2. i like this poem by robert frost as it is simple yet full of meaning. it describes the importance of nature from, "green is gold" and "early leaf's are flower". even though i did not study the poem in depth, i know that there is a strong message behind it.