What does the color "gold" represent in the poem ? This is the poem

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.

This is the option

A. The speaker's greed

B. The speaker's dreams

C. The slow passage of time

D. The fleeting nature of beauty.

Please no links I need help really bad! I know it not C by the way

It is D

Explanation:

This is because he is saying that gold does not stay. The nature of beauty can also relate to this.

And also it is because I got the same question a week ago on my test

it is answer D the fleeting nature of beauty

answer; (external conflict)

- "in the declaration of independence, it is stated that all people have certain rights that can't be taken away. when the government fails to protect these rights, the people have no choice but to remove that government and replace it with a government that will do its job and protect the people's rights."