Nothing Gold Can Stay- Robert Frost

       Since we're talking about allusions....
     This poem is obviously a biblical allusion to the Garden of Eden and how the good things in life are hard to hold onto and don't last long.
      The first two lines Frost says god is nature's "hardest hue to hold" like that innocent birth of something new or even literally, wealth. These things being hard to preserve and keep innocent or stay wealthy. He continues to say that the leaf momentarily turns into a flower, but then turns back into a typical leaf again. Again, referring to those things that are exciting and beautiful when they're new but eventually fade away into the background again when we can't hold onto them. Then the final line really sums up the whole idea: "Nothing gold can stay." Referring to Eden and dawn, nothing that perfect and pure can stay in our world without being corrupted.
      All of the four couplets rhymed and flowed together, which symbolizes that perfection that Frost talks about. Most poems aren't this structured and by the standard "rules" of a typical idea of a poem. Even though it's simple its a very moving poem.