Topic > Nature and God - 1210

Nature and God are the main themes of “Robert Frost's poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, of Williamworth's poems, “The World is Too Much With Us” and “It is a Beauteous Evening” ”. The poets describe the themes of Nature and God both explicitly and implicitly, exposing the reader to a variety of ways in which nature and God are synonymous. Robert Frost's poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay," is an excellent demonstration of the cycle of life. with its coherence in the beginnings and endings. The snapshot from birth to death is synonymous with nature and God. An example of this is the tulips in early spring, they bloom very well then they are gone and unless you see the tulips you will never know that are there. In the first line of the poem, Frost shows that “nature before” is full of promise of wealth with its reference to “gold” and promise of being able to achieve this wealth with a new life with its reference to “Nature before everything” (Frost..) . A child represents the first, the first in terms of newness and the first in terms of a new beginning, it represents the hope for the future and the hope of obtaining wealth. Gold is an extravagant thing and is one of the universal indicators of wealth, however, Frost says it is the "hardest to keep" (Frost... The poem reads: "Nature's first green is gold, / its most difficult shade to maintain. Its first leaves a flower; but only an hour” (Frost..). most beautiful, describes the infinite process of evolution. Nothing is sustainable in their best state; things have a limited time in their given form. The changing of the leaves after the end of the season describes the concepts of evolution referred to by Robert Frost .....flashes of lightning, dazzling jewels and crystals, rainbows and fire, and I heard terrifying claps of thunder.” (Pages 42) poem, “It is a beautiful evening, calm and free” is his descriptive diction such as “beautiful,” “calm,” “free,” “breathless,” “adoration,” “tranquility,” “thunder,” and “. solemn” are words that evoke a powerful feeling in the reader's mind. Nature and God are consistent themes in all three poems. Whether it's the calming tone of Inworth's "It is a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Free", the abrupt tone of Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" or whether it contains ebbs and flows like "The World is Too Much With Us" of Inworth,” all showed the connection between Nature and God.