There Will Come Soft Rains
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" is a 12-line poem by Sara Teasdale
in her collection Flame and Shadow, published in 1920 (see 1920 in poetry
). The subject of the poem imagines nature reclaiming the earth after humanity has been wiped out
by a war (line 7). The poem reads:
The poem has six stanzas, each made up of a rhyming couplet.
Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale , was an American lyrical poet. She was born Sara Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, and after her marriage in 1914 she went by the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger.-Biography:...
in her collection Flame and Shadow, published in 1920 (see 1920 in poetry
1920 in poetry
— Opening and closing lines of The Second Coming by W. B. Yeats, first published this yearNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:...
). The subject of the poem imagines nature reclaiming the earth after humanity has been wiped out
Human extinction
Human extinction is the end of the human species. Various scenarios have been discussed in science, popular culture, and religion . The scope of this article is existential risks. Humans are very widespread on the Earth, and live in communities which are capable of some kind of basic survival in...
by a war (line 7). The poem reads:
The poem has six stanzas, each made up of a rhyming couplet.
See also
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