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Poetry Analysis - "Nothing Gold Can Stay" #ela #gold

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1
What is the rhyme scheme?
ABABABAB
ABCABCDD
AABBCCDD
ABCDABCD
2
The rhyme scheme is best described by what poetic terms?
Iambic Pentameter
Rhyming Couplets of Iambic Pentameter
Rhyming Couplets of Iambic Trimeter
I don't know
3
What is one theme of the poem?
Joy and pain go together.
Ephemeral things are the most valuable.
Everything good is also bad.
Gold, or material wealth, is fleeting.
4
What significance does the reference to Eden have on the poem's meaning?
Original sin is shown to be the cause of our grief.
It shows from the beginning of time good things fall
It shows how greedy man is
It further reinforces that nothing gold can stay
5
What figure of speech is "Nothing gold can stay?"
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Assonance
6
What figure of speech is "Her hardest hue to hold?"
Juxtaposition
Oxymoron
Personification
Metaphor
7
What figure of speech is the reference to the Garden of Eden?
Personification
Metaphor
Paradox
Allusion
8
What does the title of the poem mean?
Gold tarnishes everything.
Metals are often hard, shiny, and malleable.
It is metaphorical: beauty, youth, and innocence do not last
Gold is not permanent.
9
What does the word 'hue' mean?
another word for photosynthesis
the emotion of regret
the movement of the earth
the degree of color or shade
10
What figure of speech is "Nature's first green is gold?"
Personification and Metaphor
Metaphor and Assonance
Metaphor and Alliteration
Anaphora and Personification