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There Will Come Soft Rains By Sara Teasdale And Ray Bradbury

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Sara Teasdale’s poem “There Will Come Soft Rains” and Ray Bradbury’s short story “August 2026: There will Come Soft Rains” both suggest that nature will prevail through the destruction of mankind. For example, Teasdale gives nature human qualities and nature speaks of how “not one will care at last when it is done” in reference to humans at war (Teasdale 7-8). This line emphasizes the unbothered mood of nature when it comes to humans and their self-destruction. It supports the theme by providing an example of nature’s prosperous state. In addition, nature’s “soft morning air with scatterings of brightness” was significant in Bradbury’s story as it resembled light through dark times (Bradbury 1). Women, men, and children have recently been

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