An Explaining of a Poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost

Thristy Grin

The poem explains the thirst of nature and its grin. What is the nature of desire and brutality of nature? What is its snare? How cruel is it? How cool is it? Is it about growing old? Is it about hold ? Maybe, it is about a whole or hole without light and extremly light, the unbearable one.

Growing old stands for what. Ask those already very old or being old.

The first line: Nature's first green is gold should read: Nature's thirst grin is hold.

Robert seems like spelling problem and favor spoken words or speaking. He has a special flavor. But his taste of nature is obviously sad, perhaps, grief as you can see he mentions grief and Eden in the poem.

What is "hold" going to mean. It is about H. and old. H. stands for Hours or Horae. Horae is the god of season of Greek mythology standing for change.

Shall I explain words by words, sentences by sentences along each lines of the road.

No need. Once you knows the direction, one can work out the meaning of somethings

Blowing In The Wind

One more hint: Her early leaf's a flower.

Early is fused by ear -ly. Ear is an organ but it is also seeds of some weedly plant like rice. The seeds flow and float in the air in a wind. So, early means some very light seeds which will flow in currents. The unbearable lightness of the nature of change and its cruelty. What do you think?

I think of a Chinese saying "天地不仁，以萬物為芻狗"

Good Fluke

<Nothing Gold Can Stay>

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.

Robert Frost