"Nothing Gold Can Stay" and "The Oven Bird"
             Robert Frost's most recognizable quality is his use of natural imagery in his poetry. He is the epitome of a New England poet, using figurative language to paint an image in his poem for his readers. Whether it is a snowy forest scene or two neighbors rebuilding their stone fence, the reader undoubtedly forms a clear picture of what Robert Frost was seeing when he wrote his poem. Frost's poems, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" and "The Oven Bird" are two perfect examples of Frost's common use of figurative language. Both works are short yet effective, as they are long enough to get Frost's point across, and short enough to keep the reader focused on what Frost is trying to say to his readers. When Frost says, "Nothing gold can stay" he is reiterating the old familiar phrase that we have heard many times over. The difference here is that Frost uses figurative language to get his point across. The opening line doesn't mean that the leaves on a tree bring money to the person who sees it first. With this line he says that the first green of Spring is golden, precious, and priceless. He continues on to tell the reader that green is the "hardest hue to hold",(Frost line 2) as we all know and understand that Spring and beautiful weather are fleeting. Green is also a vibrant color, symbolizing youth and vitality. Frost uses green at the beginning of the poem as the beginning of life, then ends the poem with, "so dawn goes down to day" (Frost line 9) using the setting sun as a symbol of death. Dawn is the beginning of day, the beginning of life, just as green is. These two picturesque symbols are used to mean two bigger things than just what is written on paper.
             Frost also uses a literary allusion in "Nothing Gold Can Stay", where he alludes to the Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. "So Ed...