There Will Come Soft Rain Personification

War creates a devastating time for people, but in some cases, develop into even worse problems for the environment. A future without war, or even without humans promises benefits to animals and plants alike. When lacking in humans, resources stay unused and nature receives what naturally belongs to it. Sara Teasdale also thought this when she wrote the poem “There Will Come Soft Rains.” Teasdale’s poetry displays the theme of nature prospering without war or humans disturbing their peace by using personifications to show nature’s emotions, imagery of sound to paint a picture of beauty, and repeating the phrase “not one” to prove that all creatures would thrive.

Personification projects human emotions onto nature. Seeing humans emotions on other life forms makes it easier for us to relate. By saying “Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,” (11) it becomes less difficult to try and connect with a season, because we can picture her awakening peacefully. In the next line, it states “Would scarcely know that we were gone.” (12), which adds to the fact that she doesn’t have to worry about another species wrecking the Earth. By seeing some qualities people have, others start to feel the sense of serenity that nature would experience.

Sound carries different moods, and in the poem it carries the beauty of thriving nature. “Swallows circling with their shimmering sound;” (2) gives off a bright tone of swallows dancing with content. When speaking about robins, the author mentions the birds go “Whistling their whims on a low-fence wire;” (6), seemingly without a care. The birds find freedom and joy in their utopia