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There Will Come Soft Rain Personification
In the poem “There Will Come Soft Rains”. by Sara Teasdale portrayed the messages as very somber. Teasdale sends the message that flowers will still bloom, the lions will still roar their mighty roars, the sun will still rise and set, and the bees will still buzz even without the presence of people. Humans are evil, they murder kill and pillage, while nature is peaceful and graceful Teasdale’s messages proved portrayed by imagery, alliteration, and personification.

The personification shows many times in the poem.“Spring herself, when woke at dawn. Would scarcely know that humankind were gone”. (11) This portrays that spring would remain the same and would not change if humans were extinct. Another example written by Sara, “Frogs in the
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