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Raven · 03-16-2008, 09:04 PM

as a poet i'm sure Robert FROST thought about his last name sometimes...

natures first green is gold - as buds swell on bushes and trees, or
after a long cold winter to have everything turn green again
is as precious as gold... as in the metal, and the green grasses return which we so long to see..a new season of growth

her hardest hue to hold -is a reference to the changing bud into green leaves as the buds open... and how often it changes

her early leafs a flower - as they go into flowering cycle

but only so an hour

then the tree or bush flowers and changes color once again
until the flowers drop off ...more than an hour but its fast and fleeting ...the washington cherry blossoms last maybe 2-3 weeks
for example...

those flower petals drop off leaving or subsiding until there's just leaves now .... all back to green...

Then the green completely fades as cold weather arrives..........

after that it becomes so colorful and glorious heading into fall
with the brightly colored leaves capturing the sun as it shines through them.... as colorful as can be..... it's like EDEN (paradise)

eden then drops all her leaves to the ground...the color changes back to a drab brown once again...and as the colors fade the landscape becomes sad and depressing with the knowledge another winter will arrive bringing back the cold

dawn goes down to day sort of a reference to the foliage being gone and the brilliant hues (colors of dawn) are now lost and only warm sunshine is left...
that shines thru the bare trees rather brightly with so little foliage
and lower angle of the sun

nothing gold can stay - as eventually all the leaves now on the ground all turn back to all brown and gets covered up completely with snow...

so to me... it's about the changing of the seasons from spring to summer to fall and the poetry is to explain the emotions of seeing the changes happen... ( just my interpretation of course...)

he wrote it to have special meaning to those who could decipher the riddle ..... to experience the sadness he felt ....

03-16-2008, 09:04 PM	#3
Raven ........ iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,805 Blog Entries: 1	what does it mean- tough question as a poet i'm sure Robert FROST thought about his last name sometimes... natures first green is gold - as buds swell on bushes and trees, or after a long cold winter to have everything turn green again is as precious as gold... as in the metal, and the green grasses return which we so long to see..a new season of growth her hardest hue to hold -is a reference to the changing bud into green leaves as the buds open... and how often it changes her early leafs a flower - as they go into flowering cycle but only so an hour then the tree or bush flowers and changes color once again until the flowers drop off ...more than an hour but its fast and fleeting ...the washington cherry blossoms last maybe 2-3 weeks for example... those flower petals drop off leaving or subsiding until there's just leaves now .... all back to green... Then the green completely fades as cold weather arrives.......... after that it becomes so colorful and glorious heading into fall with the brightly colored leaves capturing the sun as it shines through them.... as colorful as can be..... it's like EDEN (paradise) eden then drops all her leaves to the ground...the color changes back to a drab brown once again...and as the colors fade the landscape becomes sad and depressing with the knowledge another winter will arrive bringing back the cold dawn goes down to day sort of a reference to the foliage being gone and the brilliant hues (colors of dawn) are now lost and only warm sunshine is left... that shines thru the bare trees rather brightly with so little foliage and lower angle of the sun nothing gold can stay - as eventually all the leaves now on the ground all turn back to all brown and gets covered up completely with snow... so to me... it's about the changing of the seasons from spring to summer to fall and the poetry is to explain the emotions of seeing the changes happen... ( just my interpretation of course...) he wrote it to have special meaning to those who could decipher the riddle ..... to experience the sadness he felt ....