In “The Outsider’s” this is symbolic to the childhood innocence of the boys before struggles, gangs and heartache were around. In the first line of the poem, “Nature’s first green is gold”, I think of a fresh spring where all of the light green color and flowers sprouting on the trees is beautiful. Just like nothing in nature can stay new and fresh and beautiful forever, people can’t either. The poem “Nothing gold can stay” relates to the life of Pony and Johnny throughout the story. Johnny says that although Pony has grown in a world that’s dirty and grimy he still managed to stay shiny and golden and he tells him to STAY GOLD! Johnny is talking about innocence, childhood and purity. He tells Pony that he knows what the poet means by “nothing gold can stay”. The poem is referenced again at the end of the book when you read the letter Johnny wrote to Pony. The poem is a mere eight lines long yet the few words speak volumes as they relate to the story of “The Outsiders”. Although the meaning keeps eluding him, he continues to make the effort to understand it. The poem was always something that stuck with Pony because he never understood what it meant. Pony introduces a Robert Frost poem to Johnny called “Nothing Gold Can Stay” that becomes a very symbolic theme throughout the book “The Outsiders”.
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