Symbolism

What is the meaning of symbolism?

• Its is a symbol of truth

• Use of symbols to represent qualities or ideas

• Use of ideas to represent a lie

• Putting person's personality on non-living things

How many types of symbolism that you learned today?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which one of below is an example of metaphor?

• That baby is as cute as a kitten

• Her eyes were twinkling stars

• Life is like a box full of chocolate

• The teacher roared like a lion at the misbehaving students

Which one of below is an example of simile?

• You were as brave as a lion

• I'm drowning in a sea of grief

• She is going through a rollercoaster of emotions

• The wind howled at night

Based on the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost, what is the literal meaning of "so dawn goes down to day"?

• The daylight switched to dawn

• The dawn switched to dusk

• The dawn switched to daylight

• The daylight switched to dusk

What is the season that the poet refers as "nature's first green is gold"?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Autumn

What does the symbol "gold" was used for?

• Beauty, valued, useless

• Beauty, shiny, bad

• Beauty, dusty, shiny

• Beauty, important, valued

What do you think the poet are trying to say about the line "Nothing Gold Can Stay" in the last line of the poem?

From the poem, give one line that use metaphor.

What is/are the moral values that you got from the poem?