Nothing Gold Can Stay

What example of figurative language can be found in the following quote from the poem?

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

• repetition

• simile

• allusion

• personification

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”

Green is not gold. In the first line, Frost is comparing the green of spring with something precious like gold. What literary device is being used here?

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• tone.

• allusion

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

• repetition

• personification

• assonance

• analogy

True or false: imagery is evident throughout the poem?

• true

• false

What literary device is used in the following line: “So Eden sank to grief”

• allusion

• metaphor

• idiom

• point of view

“So dawn goes down to day/Nothing gold can stay” These lines are best described as a use of which literary device?

• onomatopoeia

• irony

• theme

• analogy

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

Which of the following is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

• ababcdcd

• abcdabcd

• aabbbcca

• aabbccdd

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.