Topic > Nature and God - 1210

Nature and God are the main themes of “Robert Frost's poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay”, of William Wordsworth'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 beginnings and endings. The snapshot from birth to death is synonymous with nature and God. An example of this is tulips in early spring, they bloom very well. then they go away, and unless you see the tulips, you will never know they are there. In the first line of the poem, Frost shows that "nature first" is full of the promise of wealth with his reference to the “ gold” and promise of being able to achieve this wealth with a new life with its reference to “Nature first of all” (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 peals of thunder.” (Pages 42) Wordsworth's poem, "It is a beautiful evening, calm and free" is Diction .His descriptive words like “beautiful,” “calm,” “free,” “breathless,” “adoration,” “tranquility,” “thunder,” and “solemn” are words that evoke a powerful feeling in the minds of readers. Nature and God are consistent themes in all three poems. Whether it is the calming tone in Wordsworth's "It is a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Free", the abrupt tone in Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" or whether it contains ebbs and flows as in "The World is Too Much" by Wordsworth With Us,” all showed the connection between Nature and God.