Nothing Gold Can Stay

of the novel before Johnny’s death, he preaches, "Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold" which means that Johnny wants Ponyboy to hold onto the golden qualities that set him apart from his companions, he wants him to be a good kid, he wants Ponyboy to see all the beautiful things in the world. Johnny also wants him to stay who he is because he’s golden and don’t want him to be unsuccessful in his life or hard and cold like Dallas, he said stay gold because he wants Ponyboy to be unique amongst the…

everyday life force us to re-evaluate who we are and what our future holds. Whether that change comes to group dynamics; or with age, we have to reconsider our dreams, our aspirations and relationships. Similarly, Robert Frost in his poem Nothing Gold Can Stay explores the concept of trying to grasp the brevity of beauty and the inevitability of change, and how it only brings misery to those who refuse to accept change.…

Metaphors can be Meta-free-phor-alls! The word metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. It makes the meaning that the author wants to tell more interesting and more understandable. Born in 1874, lived through many historical events, Robert Frost was one of America’s most distinguished poets, much of his poetry talk centered on the importance of metaphor. As we read, the first task is to identify the…

In the book, “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, I think “Stay Gold” means don't be the rest and stand out. I also think that “Stay Gold” means that don't be a follower, and its okay to be you than to be someone that people think of you. Just because others labeled you as something, doesn’t mean that’s how you should act. Just like PonyBoy, even though he is a Greaser, he can still act whatever way he wants to be, and does not have to be a typical gang member or troublemaker that everyone thinks…

permanence in his poems “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” and “The Road Not…

Frost depicts time in such a way that it is obscured and inconspicuous through the use of dictions and techniques such as metaphor and imagery. His poem possesses a substantial amount of the elements of time that relates in with every moment one have experienced from life to death. The importance of time is also expressed as Frost living at a rather transitional time from traditional to contemporary, reflecting an evolution of the society and the ways of how modernism is viewed and perceived…

In “Nothing Gold Can Stay” Frost used the concrete objects to display how changes in society to fit the Modern era were not always beneficial. As well as comparing changes in the modernist era, the two also wrote about their quest for realism using concrete details. Both modernist…

Sunsets play a huge role in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. They are mentioned throughout the book as a symbol that nothing good can stay, which is learned quickly by the greasers in their epic battle to remain superior to the socs. During the story sunsets are mentioned multiple times and each time portray a different or meaning to the characters. As the plot of the novel continues, the sunset show how the gang lives their lives. A sunset is defined in the dictionary as “the time in the evening…

incorporated those emotions into his poems. Many poets used metaphors, but not like Frost. A metaphor is a direct comparison without using like or as. Frost write many poems but the ones I will be writing about are, "The Cow in Apple Time"(Doc B), "Nothing Gold Can Stay"(Doc C), "The Road Not Taken"(Doc D), and "Mending Wall"(Doc E). Frost's well known poem, "The Cow in Apple Time"(Doc B) was written in England in 1914, right after the outbreak of World War One. In this poem Frost uses a cow,…

changes with his best buddy Johnny dying, having to stick together with his brothers no matter what happens, and having to deal with the Socs acting better than them and hurting them. Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” shows an example of how nothing amazing and beautiful, such as gold, lasts forever. This essay will show how some of the characters in The Outsiders show the message of the story Ponyboy is one of the main characters in this book. The theme is shown through him with a…