BRAINLIEST IF CORRECT Why does Ponyboy recite the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"? What does it represent about the two characters? What does the last line foreshadow about the boys’ relationship?

Green does not last. Youth will always be corrupted. When Johnny and Ponyboy see the beautiful gold of the country, Ponyboy comments that he read a poem about nothing gold being able to stay. This symbolizes the boys' youth and innocence and how they were not able to hold onto it.

Explanation:

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

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