University:
Bradley University
Course:
ENG 372 | Poetry As Genre
Academic year:

2022
Views:

426

Pages:

10
Author:

Remington Spence

There Will Come Soft Rains Post Reading There Will Come Soft Rains There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; – Sara And frogs in the pools singing at night, Teasdale And wild plum trees in tremulous white; Robins will wear their feathery fire, Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire; And not one will know of the war, not one Will care at last when it is done. Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, If mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn Would scarcely know that we were gone. What does the poem mean? There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; There will always be rain and the way that the ground smells There will always be birds chirping And frogs in the pools singing at night, And wild plum trees in tremulous white; There will always be frogs who sing at night in the water And plum trees will continue to grow Robins will always look the same And they will sing on low fences Robins will wear their feathery fire, Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire; And not one will know of the war, not one Will care at last when it is done. Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, If mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn Would scarcely know that we were gone. They will not know about war and none Will care when the wars are over No birds or trees will care If mankind died or was gone completely And even Spring, when it comes Will not know (or care) that we are gone • So….. Nature does not care about whether we live or die or are here. The “soft rains” in the poem are the rains of spring- life giving while the “soft rains” in the story are the deadly radioactive fallout from an atomic bomb. The poem is about the destruction of civilization, which is parallel to the story. In both cases, only nature is left to witness the destruction. VOCABULARY Titanic Fluttered Tremulous • Mary and Sue gazed in awe at the ______________ painting of their favorite singer. • All of Mr. Smith’s papers ______________ in the breeze as he walked toward his car. • Jake’s _______________ hands kept him from completing his homework. • Of all the chores Ben had around the house, it was Making an Inference his least favorite. Folding What chore does the laundry was fine, doing Ben hate doing? the dishes, that was alright. But he couldn’t stand hauling the large bags over What makes you to the giant silver canisters. think that you He hated the smell and the are correct? possibility of rats. It was disgusting. Theme??? • What do you think is the theme of There Will Come Soft Rains? – Technology, though a great convenience, has its disadvantages Characters? • Protagonist – The house • Antagonist – The fire – The nuclear war Other Point of View • 3rd person limited Setting • August 4-5, 2026 • Allendale, CA • McClellan Household Conflict • Internal – ?? • External – The fire – The nuclear war

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