'Nothing Gold can Stay'
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hue is hard to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only for an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to greif,
So dawn goe down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
This poem relates to the life of Ponyboy Curtis from 'The Outsiders'. Ponyboy's life started out great, he had parents and two brothers that all loved him. But once his parents past away his life hit a dead end. Hence nothing ever stays as perfect as you want it to be. He never wanted his parents to die or get beat up by self obsorbed rich kids; he only want to have a life that benefited everyone that surrounds him. So everytime Ponyboy sees a sunset or a tragic event occurs it takes him back to this poem and how his life would have been if nothing ever went wrong: 'Nothing Gold can Stay'.
You gave good examples for the poem relating to the book. One thing I would change is the last sentence. I think you should just end at Wrong instead of writing "Nothing Gold can Stay" at the end.
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