The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost externally seems to represent the change of seasons throughout the year, but further analysis reveals that Frost also parallels the change in seasons with the cycles of life and human nature. When Frost states that "Her early leaf`s a flower; / But only so an hour" (lines 3 & 4) he implies that the first leaf, symbolizing the start of spring, is considered very precious when it first comes about, but after a while, the leaf loses its glory. "Then leaf subsides to leaf" (line 5) implies that in the season autumn, the early leaf becomes less glorified as other leaves come into the picture, and the once special leaf can no longer be deciphered from the others. The human nature aspect portrayed in these lines states that something that seems very special at on time can become less special over a short...