MVaduch · 28 April 2002

.in what movie did they say this poem in ?

Jolynn Werner · 8 October 2002

This poem is one of the most radiant in simplistic beauty of all American poetry. The amount of depth Frost configures in eight lines would take most poets 100 pages! It is both moving and understandable to children of all ages. Thank goodness the novel, The Outsiders, has made this poem such a popular one!

Emel2616 · 8 November 2002

This poem can be found in the book (&movie) The Outsiders

PrincessBrittina · 21 November 2002

awesome poem, we did this in eighth grade english and i still luv it! it means so much in few words. robert frost is a genius.

~=:obRiTo:=~

XxSweeTyJ1xX · 1 April 2003

I love this poem. It’s in “The Outsiders”, and I’m currently reading it in my Language Arts [English] class since I’m in eight grade. Robert Frost is a genius when it comes to poetry and all of his writings and I really liked how S.E. Hinton fit this poem right in the story, especially how Ponyboy recited it to Johnny.

Kkrzy1 · 14 April 2003

I love this poem. My class has read the book and has seen the movie, The Outsiders, and we all really understood it when our teacher went over it with us.

dbajjj · 27 April 2003

i luv this poem. it’s so beautiful, and I admire how someone can put so much meaning into so little words. It really makes you think. I’m in eigth grade, I haven’t read “The Outsiders”, but my friend did and since I own the movie and she told me it was good, I watched it and when I heard that poem, I thought it was beautiful, and I loved how Johnny explains it in the letter for Ponyboy at the end.

XoBuTtErCuP87xo · 28 May 2003

there is also a CD named after this poem. It is by New Found Glory. It is from a much earlier time in thier career. After reading the poem, the CD is much more clear.

The Raff's · 29 May 2003

This poem was so deep at first i didnt get how to interpret it but i love how there is so much meaning and now i understand that we take so much for granted and dont know how different life would be once its gone. i absolutely love the book THe Outsiders we are going to see the movie next week and i cant wait.. im in 7th grade and i have never felt anythign deep liek this btu i love it

~~Sarah~~

AV21Forever · 28 September 2003

I love this poem it has meant so much to me.
I 1st read it and saw the movies in “The Ousiders” by S. E. Hinton and I fell in love. He descibes being new to thing like a newborn so openminded
not subjeted to all the drama, narrow mindness etc. that you collect while getting older the ma is a genius and has allowed me to find another would of analyzing poetry I just wish i could be able to understand everyting he tried to expess in that poem.

)(arielle)(

FReEzInFiRe01 · 15 October 2003

Movie: The Outsiders
Book: The Outsiders by SE Hinton

Rockpapermonkey2 · 19 October 2003

It’s a well written poem and my AP English class has been comparing it to “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger. We came to the conclusion that it was about innocense and how we only stay innocent for so long. “Nothing Gold Can Stay” would then refer to the fact that no mortal person can retain their innocense. Frost is a very romantic poet in that he refers it all back to nature.

Rick Fantham · 22 December 2003

In the book, the Outsiders, it has this poem and at the end of the book Johnny says, “Stay gold Ponyboy, stay gold.” Then Johnny dies. Explain to me the meaning of these last words. Send your response to . Thanks a lot.

,Steve

Good Guy · 10 January 2004

i still don get wut is this poem about can some body tell me plz i need to do a paper on it.!!!!!!!!

David Corman · 30 March 2004

its in the outsiders

SemiCharmed182 · 12 April 2004

My best friend got the phrase “Nothing Gold Can Stay” on his back 2 weeks before he committed suicide. To me the poem represents him. He was a golden man, everyone loved him. He was brilliant, kind, and very successful. But there was a saddness in him, undetectable to the eye. Perhaps this poem was a cry out to what his life was really like….

GiNaBiNa64 · 18 May 2004

The Outsiders is a book that has changed they way we look at literature today. S.E. Hinton wasn’t afraid to be edgy, which has paved the way for a numerous amount of writers. As well as being edgy, she managed to incorporate this beautiful poem into the storyline effectively, and in a way that has lingered in peoples mind after reading it. I’m 14 years old, and literature, as well as this book, have become a permanent fixture in my life. This poem really makes me see how lucky i am to be young, and to treasure this time because it only comes once in a lifetime.

–gg–

Nicole · 30 June 2004

There is a song written by Silvertide on their Show and Tell Album called Nothing Stays. I believe its a tribute to this poem, and its one really cool song.

Danni Lim · 18 July 2004

i’m 26 years old, and i read this poem for the first time in the 7th or 8th grade too. to this day, it remains to be my favorite. to this day it touches me. that’s the universality of frost. amazing. nothing gold can stay, he says. this is true, yet the memory of the poem and it’s juxtoposition to “gold” remains. the irony grabs me.

Carla · 12 November 2004

this poem is one of the few that i know by heart. It just seems to say something that i relate really profoundly to. and somehow the author managed to make even something like “nothing good can last” something beatiful.great poem. And it’s just small enough enough to say it in more words than i would’ve thought, but not so many that it becomes too much.

Rebekah Claire Doroszenko · 24 January 2005

The contrast between the cliched vision of progressional nature and, here, the reality of life, fading idealistic youth, is powerful.

Rebekah Doroszenko

SweetNbeuty · 19 February 2005

the outsiders. duh

SweetNbeuty · 19 February 2005

This is such a great poem. I love it so Much. I know it line by line. This poem means that when we have something or someone we should apreciate it and take adventage of it, because it won’t last forever. Once it’s gone we will know how much we wanted it and needed it and we’ll be sorry we never really noticed it.

Janet · 25 March 2005

Did you know S.E. Hinton was only a couple of years older than you when she wrote that book? She has a bit part in the movie “The Outsiders”. Of course, now, she’s much older. and wiser I’m sure.

Also, she wrote the book under her initials to disguise that fact that she’s a woman. In the 60s it was thought women were incapable of writing so well. When she arrived on the set to film the movie they were shocked to discover she wasn’t a man.

:-)

j

Erin Feeney · 11 May 2005

I first read this poem when I was in sixth grade–nothing has moved me more than the words, and how such a small poem can have such a strong message. I also read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsider’s and this poem is a mind-blowing combination. This and The Road not Taken are my fav poems!!!!

–Erin <<3

Ben Rasmussen · 12 May 2005

When Johnny writes “stay gold, Ponyboy,” it means for him to not take life to fast. Enjoy being young. Yours truly,
Ben

Ben Rasmussen · 12 May 2005

hi. my name is ben. im in seventh grade and i just read the book “the outsiders” my family loves robet frost’s poems. Anyway, we had a class discussion in english about the porm. this is probably 2 late, but it meanas that… line 1 talks about when you are born. Your early and young. line 2 means that it’s fast and that u dont have much time 2 b young line 3 means the same as line 1
line 4 means the same as line 2
line 5 means thesame thing as lines 2&4
line 6 means mothers are sad that the children grew up so fast line 6 means the same as 2,4, &5
line 8 means the same thing as line 1&3

hope that helps
P.S. do u play ne blizzard corporation computer games? If so, e-mail me at…, i mean(this is the real 1) Sincerely,
Ben

Walt Sochacki · 11 August 2005

This is a great poem. I love how Johnny in The Outsiders explains at the end about what the poem means. I’m 11 years old and i memorized it the first time i read it. It only took my 2 days too. Love it so much. And the song “Stay Gold” really does compliments the poem. LOVE IT!

~Mary~

help · 11 August 2005

My daughter died……a year later while visiting her grave I found this poem handwritten and decorated then laminated by her friend. I knew then that the grief of her young friends (she was only 16) was as much as mine. I have this poem in my heart now

dark_princess_145 · 7 September 2005

hello!
i’m a french student and i love that movie and that poem too, i saw it when i was 13 or 14 (now i’m 16) and they made me cry but i do love american litterature i think as most of u said that it’s about innocence and in french we say ‘candeur’ (like innocence which is also a french word) well, if u had some other poem to make me read, my address is or by the way, if u like Frost, u’d probably like Baudelaire! gbye!

Gabrielle Klugman · 13 September 2005

I think this poem is radiant and beautiful. We were reading it in school and learning the meaning. It is so beautiful. And so true too. Nothing gold can stay! -Gaby

Fani Kapolitsa · 1 October 2005

what’s the rhyme scheme in this poem???

Help!

Shirley McDaniel · 24 November 2005

I love the book the outsiders were reading it in my Language arts class sence im in 7th. We had to do a project on the poem we had to memorize it. im also doing it for a prize thats how much i like it.

~Meranda McDaniel~

Angel Helms · 24 November 2005

were reading the book the outsiders i love it. all the 7th graders like it well atleast my friends do. the poem realy means alot to me because the day i read the poem with my friend she died later in a car crash.so when i hear it i cry.

Daniel Lee · 1 December 2005

This poem is great. It says so much in only a little words. I’ve read The Outsiders and it’s use in the story is great. “Stay gold.” I have to admit I was a little confused when Johnny said that. We discussed the poem in our class. Our teacher said :”Spring is so short and not too many people stop to enjoy the beauties that come in spring.” I can agree with that.+

Hatlover9 · 15 December 2005

I think that this poem was deep in my mind that really brightened up my day.

Teresa Watkins · 26 January 2006

Great Poem….my 7th grade son is reading it for his poetry unit performance….I was first introduced to this poem by the author S.E. Hinton in her book The Outsiders in 1983!

Teresa

Carson Homuth · 5 April 2006

the outsiders

Ella Rousseau · 3 June 2006

hay, well.. i seen your ‘‘the outsiders, and im reading it too:) ‘’ .. i liked the poem as well. its great.

you could add me if you have msn?

Kelly · 12 June 2006

I have been reading the various comments on the amazing poem, an it pleases me to see how many people know of The Outsiders. It was my favourite book and still is today, although I have to say that it pains me to see how many people still do not understand what it means. Both this poem and The Outsiders have changed my life forever. For those who think it needs to have a rhyming scheme to make it a poem, you are sadly mistaken. When my grade seven class read this book, I think I was the only one who actually understood S. E. Hinton’s and Robert Frost’s hidden meanings behind it all. Even though I know what this poem means, I refuse to reveal it to the public. I wish I could, and talk about it a little (I would of course be pouring my heart and soul into the keyboard) but it would just ruin it for those of you who are looking on this page for homework help. You shame me, to tell you the truth.

Stay Gold,
KaGe ?

Alexandra Dumitru · 17 June 2006

This poem is incredible, so true and beautiful in its simplicity, it goes straight to the heart! I just love it! It so much makes me think of River Phoenix… May you be at peace, River!

Kay Weise · 23 July 2006

Do you still want comments on Nothing Gold Can Stay?

KADMOTHER · 4 September 2006

what does this poem really mean i want to under stand

enigami · 5 September 2006

lovely simple imagery

Randy Shaffer · 10 October 2006

This poem is about how transient are the precious things in life. Exquisitely beautiful, but only for an instant, and then gone forever.

Jill Stinogel · 20 November 2006

this poem is awsome! i love it in the movie, “The Outsiders”, since that is one of my favorite things. thank you, S.E. Hinton!

Jill Stinogel

Alex Stup · 23 November 2006

thanks a lot for this poem.

Anna Davis · 27 February 2007

I believe that this peom symbolizes Holdens innocence when he was a ‘flowe and he doesn’t want to let go of his innocence.

Toni Trees · 18 March 2007

Well, I guess I’m really out of it! I’ve always been enchanted by this, and thought it was my personal poem. I’ve never met anyone else who knew it. I never heard it in school, and haven’t seen or heard the references to it in print and melody mentioned above. But I think of it every spring when the first gold-green leaves peek out, and in what I call “the golden time”—late afternoon when everything has a golden hue. That time has always seemed poignant to me, as does the poem in its entirety (perhaps because at 60 I’m well past “nature’s first green”). However, the first three lines always remind me of the promise of spring, my beloved season, full of joy and excitement.

Peace and Joy!
Toni Trees - 780 County Road 508 - Nacogdoches, TX

Kent Campbell · 9 April 2007

“Hue” basically means color, in case anyone was wondering. I sure was.

A few things about the poem I haven’t heard said: Alliteration
-“Her hardest hue to hold,”
-“So dawn goes down to day”

The first word of each line - “Nature’s, her, her, but, then, so, so, nothing”

Take out the repeats (her and so)

“Nature’s but then nothing”
-nature is basically innocence, and innocence becomes lost -nature turns to nothing, innocence is lost

then the poem ends.

Kelly L Sugden · 17 May 2007

Did you ever figure it out? Let me know….I’m doing a paper also.

Kelly L Sugden · 17 May 2007

what does the poem Nothing gold can stay mean?

Glenn Holder · 30 September 2007

I love this poem i am reading this in my 8th grade LA class. I love this poem.

Shelley Cardiel · 25 November 2007

I thought the poem represented the seasonal cycle. I like how they used gold to describe the natures colors. It ryhmed realy well

Jared

Shelley Cardiel · 25 November 2007

I thought the poem represented the seasonal cycle. I like how they used gold to describe the natures colors. It rhymed really well.

michael.s.chang · 26 November 2007

From Michael Chang

This poem desribes the essence of time in our lives. It describes the innocent chilhood period of time, and compares it to nature. Even though it is described in a mere eight lines, it completly portrays the “golden age” of a person.

Kay Udeschini · 26 November 2007

I enjoyed reading this poem- the first two lines express how the beauty of youth is so precious in that you cannot hold onto it forever. The next two further stress this idea. In summation, I liked how the poem used nature to describe an inevitable truth- nothing can be as beautiful as it once was. Beauty continuously changes into the initial fresh, naked beauty of youth no longer shows its face. But, not to worry- though not the same, the sun will rise again. As will spring come again and flowers bloom again. Beauty disappears as frequently as it reappears.

Frannie

Robert Weber · 26 November 2007

This poem was very confusing at first but then I realized that it actually was a metaphor for several different things. Its telling you how plants die after time and they loose their gold color and their flowers don’t last very long. It is also a metaphor for real gold. Gold makes you wealthy and wealth may not last very long just like the color gold on the leaves.

Marika

Robert Weber · 26 November 2007

This poem was confusing at first and then I read about it and I realized that it’s a metaphor for several things. It’s telling how nature worsens over time; the plants loose their gold and wilt. The gold color doesn’t stay very long which could be a metaphor for real gold because gold brings wealth which also doesn’t stay very long.

ellislblk · 27 November 2007

omg! thats is so sad! im sorry

Charl Uys · 18 March 2008

The line ‘Nature’s first green is gold’ is quoted in the movie The Assassin (aka Point of no return) by Anne Bancroft. The movie features Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, and Dermot Mulroney. What a beautiful poem that captures life and nature so wonderfully.

Charl