"Nothing Gold Can Stay" Activity
ead the following poem and comments then answer the questions at the bottom of the page.
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.
Comments
t first, everything is good, pure, and innocent, like human nature. It is nearly impossible to be innocent forever. It ends when you grow up and take on grown up responsibilities and loose the “goldenness”.
ids are the ones with hearts of gold. In the book, Cherry tells Ponyboy to stay pure and innocent because Johnny got killed and did not have the chance to do so.
ife is full of golden moments and as life passes by, change is inevitable and we often lose our pureness of heart.
Questions
ake the "Staying Gold" Quiz
Who was
told that he needed to stay "golden"?
A. Darry.
B.
Johnnycake.
C. Ponyboy.
D. Dally.
What word
best describes "staying golden"?
A. wealthy.
B. happy.
C. blinded.
D. innocent.
What line
in the poem is an example of things going bad?
A. line 6.
B. line
5.
C. line 8.
D. line 2.
What
event in the novel caused Johnnycake to lose his "goldenness"?
A. Running away
with Ponyboy to the park.
B. Killing the
Socs that was trying to drown Ponyboy.
C.
Going out on a date with Cherry.
D. Arguing with Dally.