

Have your students analyze the poem and build their comprehension it will make analyzing the theme of the book much easier later on! The poem analysis will touch on important literary elements such as: rhyme scheme, tone, theme, metaphor, alliteration, allusion, imagery, and personification. In Chapter 5 of The Outsiders, Ponyboy recites the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” This poem plays a major role in the novel as it represents the universal message to stay gold and stay pure. Your students don’t have to be reading The Outsiders. This activity also works on its own if you are looking just to teach about the poem itself. This is a perfect side activity for the novel The Outsiders by S. This lesson is a poem analysis of “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost.

Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost - Poem Analysis, The Outsiders Activity Narrative, lyrical, haiku, ballad, sonnet, limerick, free verse, acrostic, concrete, blank verse, blues poem, elegy, ode, prose, villanelle Rhyme, rhyme scheme, slant rhyme, rhythm, meter, alliteration, consonance, assonance, onomatopoeia, repetition Simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, hyperbole, irony Tone, imagery, juxtaposition, oxymoron, pun, paradox, allusion, proverb, foot, iamb, iambic pentameter, enjambment, anaphora, metonymy Poem, speaker, line, stanza, quatrain, couplet, cinquain, tercet, refrain, symbol, theme, mood In this resource, you will receive a packet of graphic organizers/guided notes along with a Powerpoint lesson that teaches the following terminology:
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Teach your students what a poem is as well as all the important information necessary while teaching poetry, like: vocabulary, sound devices, types of poetry, figurative language, how to analyze a poem, and how to find rhyme scheme. Introduction Poetry Lesson & Guided Notes - Vocabulary & How to Analyze Poetry
