While reflecting on this piece as well as "A Patch of Old Snow" we can come to a greater understanding as to why "Nothing Gold Can Stay." ... The patch of snow shows more about faded memories than of lost beauty, but they have much to do with each other. Snow is so white and clean and attractive, until it gets all old and grimy then it isn't wanted anymore, but it almost serves as a reminder as to how nice the winter was, until we realize that we get so mad at the snow that we suppress the memories of the untouched snow blanketing the outdoors. ... The one good thing that comes out of it...

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I found a dimpled spider, fat and white, On a white heal-all, holding up a moth Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth-- Assorted characters of death and blight Mixed ready to begin the morning right, Like the ingredients of a witches' broth-- A snow-drop spider, a flower like froth, And dead wings carried like a paper kite. What had that flower to do with being white? ... Then steered the white moth thither in the night? ... On the other hand, the spider is like a "snow-drop," suggesting purity, and the moth's wings are like a "paper kite," suggesting innocence. ... A whi...

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The snow falling and night falling at the same time give the idea that there is not much more to look forward to. ... They are actually almost covered by the snow. ... The field, covered in snow, disrupts the continuity of the forest. ... The weight of the snow smothers all life leaving the poet alone in a dead universe. ... The whiteness and smoothness of the snow makes the world seem empty and blank. ...

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He also mentions that the woods are filling up with snow "To watch his woods, fill up with snow" (807). So far, there is woods, and snow. ... The next thing he mentions is snow. ... The pure black against the pure white, with the woods in the middle. ... The pure white of the snow is life. ...

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As part of the life cycle, human beings pass throughout different situations and moments of introspection. "After Apple-Picking" by Robert Frost, is an example of insight observation and life examination. The narrator directs the reader to be interested and sympathized with his own feelings. The poe...

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In Frost's Poem, the setting is a deep dark forest filled with white fluffy snow. ... In Longfellow's poem, the setting is a remote coastline with light brown sand and white waves foaming up against it. ...

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Robert Frost was one of the many great poets of his time, a man who struggled for such achievement and has suffered such loss in his family. Born in San Francisco, California, 26 March 1874 and named after the confederate general, Robert E. Lee, we know him today as Robert Lee Frost. A poet's belief...

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As readers and writers, we all start out with a certain affinity to various styles of reading and writing depending on what is presented to us at an early age. Luckily for me, I was fortunate enough to even learn to read and write as a child, seeing as how many adults around the world still do not h...

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In the poem, "In White" Robert Frost uses nature to create a dark tone, "A dented spider like a snow drop white, On a white Heal-all, holding up a moth, Like a white piece of lifeless satin cloth-Saw ever curious eye so strange a sight? ...

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Young Frost was co-valedictorian with Elinor White, whom he married in 1895 {Cox, iiv} Although Frost sold his first poem in 1894, he was not able to earn a living as a poet until more than 20 years later. ...

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