Question

Read the following excerpt from "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost:

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Which best describes the effect of allusion on the meaning in this excerpt?

Answer 1

D

Step-by-step explanation:

I'm not completely sure, but I'm pretty positive that the answer would be D. The author definitely isn't saying that nature has a monetary value, that wouldn't go with the poem at all. He also isn't talking about the sadness of summer fading to autumn, I don't think. C is just nonsensical as the author didn't even mention Versailles. The answer is D--nature's beauty is short lived, represented well by the reference to the garden of eden.

I apologize if this is wrong, I don't know the correct answer for sure. Hope it's right though! :)