Nothing Gold Can Stay
E111828
Nothing Gold Can Stay is a brief, widely anthologized lyric poem by Robert Frost that meditates on the fleeting nature of beauty and innocence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nothing Gold Can Stay canonical | 4 |
| Nothing gold can stay | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T957302 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nothing Gold Can Stay Context triple: [Robert Frost, notableWork, Nothing Gold Can Stay]
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A.
The Rains Came
The Rains Came is a 1939 American drama film set in India that is renowned for its groundbreaking special effects and won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Special Effects.
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B.
Loneliness of Evening
"Loneliness of Evening" is a lesser-known song by composer Richard Rodgers, originally written for the musical "South Pacific" and later used in the stage adaptation of "Cinderella."
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C.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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D.
My Heart Stood Still
"My Heart Stood Still" is a popular 1927 show tune composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, now regarded as a standard of the American songbook.
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E.
It Might as Well Be Spring
"It Might as Well Be Spring" is a popular 1945 song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the film "State Fair" and now a standard of the American songbook.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nothing Gold Can Stay Target entity description: Nothing Gold Can Stay is a brief, widely anthologized lyric poem by Robert Frost that meditates on the fleeting nature of beauty and innocence.
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A.
The Rains Came
The Rains Came is a 1939 American drama film set in India that is renowned for its groundbreaking special effects and won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Special Effects.
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B.
Loneliness of Evening
"Loneliness of Evening" is a lesser-known song by composer Richard Rodgers, originally written for the musical "South Pacific" and later used in the stage adaptation of "Cinderella."
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C.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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D.
My Heart Stood Still
"My Heart Stood Still" is a popular 1927 show tune composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, now regarded as a standard of the American songbook.
-
E.
It Might as Well Be Spring
"It Might as Well Be Spring" is a popular 1945 song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the film "State Fair" and now a standard of the American songbook.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| author | Robert Frost ⓘ |
| awardedCollection |
New Hampshire won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
ⓘ
linked to:
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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| collection | New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReputation | one of Robert Frost’s most famous short poems ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | New Hampshire ⓘ |
| form | short lyric ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| imagery |
natural imagery
ⓘ
seasonal imagery ⓘ |
| influenceOn | popular culture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | very short poem ⓘ |
| lineCount | 8 ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Modernist era
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linked to:
Modernism
|
| meter | iambic trimeter with variations ⓘ |
| notableLine |
Nothing gold can stay
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linked to:
Nothing Gold Can Stay
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| openingLine | Nature’s first green is gold ⓘ |
| poet | Robert Frost ⓘ |
| poeticDevices |
alliteration
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assonance ⓘ metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Henry Holt and Company ⓘ |
| referencedIn | The Outsiders ⓘ |
| referencedInAuthor | S. E. Hinton ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | AABBCCDD ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | nature as metaphor for human experience ⓘ |
| theme |
inevitability of change
ⓘ
loss of innocence ⓘ passage of time ⓘ transience of beauty ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | early 20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
elegiac
ⓘ
meditative ⓘ |
| usesAllusion | Eden ⓘ |
| usesContrast |
spring and decay
ⓘ
youth and age ⓘ |
| usesSymbolism | gold as symbol of early beauty ⓘ |
| widelyAnthologized | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nothing Gold Can Stay Description of subject: Nothing Gold Can Stay is a brief, widely anthologized lyric poem by Robert Frost that meditates on the fleeting nature of beauty and innocence.
Referenced by (5)
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linked to: Nothing Gold Can Stay