Nothing Gold Can Stay ~ Robert Frost

This poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost is a poem about nature, at least on the surface. It is one stanza made up of eight lines. It has has an AABBCCDD rhyme scheme. The poem also has another pattern. The first line of each section of rhyme is always something somewhat based in fact or tangible, real. The second line of the rhyme is something far more philosophical, somehow relating to the previous line. The poem speaks about how at the beginning, everything was gold, leaves, and sunrise being the most evident. This poem could be speaking about how at the beginning of our lives, or any major event such as a new job, everything seems golden. But, as time passes, things begin to lose their sheen, anything good never lasts for long.