There Will Come Soft Rains Compare And Contrast

During a time of disaster, the world responds in some way. The answer to this response is a factor of this earth known as nature. The poem and story, "There Will Come Soft Rains" both express that if the human population were eradicated in a disaster, nature would not care. "Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree if mankind perished utterly." These twelve words in this short poem explain that life in nature would persevere if mankind perished. Nature is and will always be victorious, which is explained in this poem and story, through the actions of the fire and the aftermath of the war. In the story, there are many different things going on, unlike the poem. One of which includes a fully automated house continuing to function after a nuclear apocalypse, where the poem depicts beautiful images of nature. The house entrusts itself to please the human, where animals rely on nature for basic necessities. In the poem, the birds and the trees are oblivious to humanity and catastrophe. "And not one will know of the war, not one \ Will care at last when it is done." The poem emphasizes that nature does not need humans to survive. The story portrays nature as being violent through the blazing fire as it destroyed the man made house. The poem expresses

The poem and the story both demonstrate how nature would continue without mankind. Both tell how nature is always victorious. For example, in the story, a tree falls onto the houses causing them to burn. "A failing tree bough crashed through the kitchen window." The house tries to defend itself, using technology, but the power of nature is too strong. The house burns down and nature wins. In the poem, nature continues life where mankind has perished, and no one is there to notice. Once again, nature is triumphant. These writings construe how devastating technology could be and also that nature is far more superior than