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Poetry Analysis - "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

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1
What is the rhyme scheme?
ABABABAB
ABCDABCD
ABCABCDD
AABBCCDD
2
What figure of speech is "Nature's first green is gold?"
Anaphora and Personification
Metaphor and Alliteration
Metaphor and Assonance
Personification and Metaphor
3
What figure of speech is "Nothing gold can stay?"
Simile
Assonance
Metaphor
Personification
4
What figure of speech is the reference to the Garden of Eden?
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
5
What is the theme of the poem?
Everything good turns bad
The most beautiful things in life have the least longevity
Joy & pain go together; need one to appreciate the other
Gold or money is fleeting
6
What is the rhyme scheme called?
I don't know
Iambic Pentameter
Rhyming Couplets of Iambic Pentameter
Rhyming Couplets of Iambic Trimeter
7
What figure of speech is "Her hardest hue to hold?"
Oxymoron
Personification
Sensory Language
Metaphor
8
What significance does the reference to Eden have on the poem's meaning?
It makes the theme more universal to include all humans
It shows from the beginning of time good things fall
It shows how greedy man is
It further reinforces that nothing gold can stay
9
What does the title of the poem mean?
It's metaphorical- youth, innocence and beauty
Gold is not as lasting as we think
Gold tarnishes
Metals can always melt down; transform
10
What does the word 'hue' mean?
Emotion
Texture
Light
Color