Nothing Gold Can Stay

What does the personified example of figurative language below mean?

“Nature's first green is gold,/Her hardest hue to hold.”

• Nature has a way of showing up early

• Things move slowly

• Nature is taking the color and keeping it long

• Things change quickly

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

The line, “Her hardest hue to hold,” shows alliteration (repetition of the h sound). Which of the following lines in the poem also shows alliteration?

• “Her early leaf's a flower”

• “But only so an hour”

• “So dawn goes down to day”

• “Nothing gold can stay”

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Frost uses the word “leaf” in line 3 and again in line 5, what literary device is being utilized here?

• repetition

• personification

• assonance

• analogy

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

True or false: imagery is evident throughout the poem?

• true

• false

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

How many lines are in the poem? (RL 8.5)

• 0

• 1

• 4

• 8

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The use of gold in the poem represents all of the blessings and good things that happen in life. This is an example of:

• personification

• symbolism

• idiom

• mood

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which of the following is NOT a theme found in the poem?

• Life always has a silver/golden lining.

• Life is constantly changing.

• You can’t hold onto your innocence.

• The good things in life don’t last.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which quote does NOT support the theme that things in life change very quickly?

• “Nature's first green is gold,/Her hardest hue to hold.”

• “Her early leaf's a flower; /But only so an hour.”

• “So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.”

• All of the above support the theme

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following is the mood of the poem?

• happy and carefree

• angry and hostile

• sad/pensive and gloomy

• anxious and stressed

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which words from the poem support the mood of pensive?

• green and gold

• leaf and flower

• subsides and grief

• dawn and day

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10