In fact, the happiness and beauty that Adam and Eve had in the garden, "sank to grief" (6). The poet reinforces this idea by stating that even the day eventually changes into night. The poet's ultimate observation is that regardless of how beautiful things may be, we cannot hold on to them forever. We will either lose them or they will die. Either way, our grasp is broken. The poet is not expressing any anger over what he knows to be true, he is simply stating fact and the easiest way to make his point is to compare all the change that we encounter in life to that of a lovely flower.
It is also important to note that both poets bring religion into their poems for a purpose. Without outwardly stating so, these poets imply that God is in control of everything even though things seems like they are out of control because they are in a constant flux. The "angelic train" (Wheatley 5) that Wheatley mentions in her poem comes from the same place that Frost's Eden does. Each poet places significance in a higher power that is involved in his creation - even if it seems like that involvement works from a distance. They acknowledge the fact that there is a God and he is a part of what is going on.
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Robert Frost and Phillis Wheatley explore this idea in their poems, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" and "On Being Brought From Africa to America." These poems are talking about two different subjects but they are also discussing something that we must all face at one time or another, which is change. Both poets look at something and realize that no matter how beautiful or how ugly it is, it will change. Wheatley looks at the positions of slaves in this country and how they were persecuted for how they looked. While she does find something positive in the circumstance, she also realizes that things will change for the slaves. Even if they must wait until the Saviour returns, things will change and they will be beautiful. Frost is looking at something beautiful and realizing that it will eventually become ugly and die. Their ideas encompass the notion that regardless of where you are at in your life, no matter what it is that you are doing, you must realize that it will change.
Works Cited
Frost, Robert. "Nothing Gold Can Stay." Text: Publisher. Year.
Wheatley, Phyllis. "On Being Brought From Africa to America." Text: Publisher.…
