Read the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” by Robert Frost.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Which line of the poem expresses the theme that youth passes quickly?

A. So Eden sank to grief

B. But only so an hour

C. Then leaf subsides to leaf

D. Nature's first green is gold

B. But only so an hour

the word only indicates that "an hour" is considered a short time period for the flower, and so it represents "the youth" of it being a flower before it becomes like the rest

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sortingsteering sortingsteering · Answer 2 · 2019-07-02T18:29:17+02:00

Answer: B) But only so an hour.

Explanation: In literature, the theme is the underlying message of a story, it is what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem. Usually this belief, or idea, is universal and transcends cultural barriers. From the given options, the line of the poem that expresses the theme that youth passes quickly, is option B: but only so an hour, because it is comparing the youth to a flower that only last an hour (a short period of time).