Ponyboy recites Robert Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" for Johnny while on Jay Mountain. Many of you are taking the challenge to recite it as well. For this week's blog assignment, reread the poem via the link below and answer the following questions in paragraph format:
_ Click on the line below to reread the poem via poets.org
www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/nothing-gold-can-stay
- What does it mean to be "gold"?
- What is the overall message of the poem then?
- What example(s) from real life can you use to support this message?
- How does this poem relate to The Outsiders? Hint: we've seen the color gold a few times...