PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Theme, symbolism, and Biblical Allusion in Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
Theme: The "Big Ideas" that the author wants the reader to think about
Symbol: A thing that stands in for another thing.
In literature an inanimate object usually stands in for an idea or abstract concept.
What is the theme of the story of Adam and Eve?
Biblical Allusion: A reference to the Bible used to activate the reader's prior knowledge and enhance comprehension of the text.
What symbols are in the story of Adam and Eve?
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
Her early leaf's a flower;
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So dawn goes down to day.
