Homework due Thurs., Sept. 18

Finish "Nothing Gold Can Stay" Questions.



“Nothing Gold Can Stay”

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the four paradoxes in the poem?

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2. Choose one of these paradoxes to analyze. What makes it a paradox? How does this paradox contribute to the overall message of the poem?







3. What is the biblical allusion in the poem?






4. What does this biblical allusion mean?






5. How does it contribute to the meaning of the poem?








6. What is the extended metaphor in the poem?










7. How does this metaphor reveal the message of the poem to the reader?








8. What is the final message of this poem?