"'Nothing Gold Can Stay' is a short poem written by Robert Frost. The poem deals with the idea of impermanence, life and death. Frost uses paradox, juxtaposition, and personification in the poem to emphasize his messages. The poem is a composed of four rhyming couplets."
The Irony is that walter says, unless you have money to pay off people in this world, nothing will happen for you.... walter then loses his investment money.....