Read the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. 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. Which best describes the symbolic meaning of gold in the poem? The difficult challenges in life we overcome The earliest years in life which are magical The wonderful things in life that do not last The valuable items in life we try to acquire
The symbolic meaning of gold in the poem is best described by option C. The wonderful things in life that do not last.
In the poem, gold is used to describe the transition of nature from one state to another. Everything that is colored gold does not last long, that is why it is said that nothing gold can stay. Here, we get the idea that we should get the most of these valuable "things" before they are no longer there.
