Vocabulary
Birds that have a short bill, long pointed wings, and often a deeply forked tail and that feed on insects caught on the wing
What are swallows?
The birds/trees/animals or the natural world in general
What is the pronoun "one" referring to?
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification?
Peaceful, quiet and sad
What is the mood?
Sara Teasdale
Who is the author of the poem?
Impulse
What is a synonym of whim?
The poem contrasts the peaceful harmony of the natural world with humanity’s capacity for violent destruction and how nature will prevail.
What is a one sentence summary of “There Will Come Soft Rains”?
Repetition of beginning sounds, whether consonants or vowels.
What is alliteration?
Grave and serious
What is the tone of the poet?
1920, after World War I
When was the poem written?
to an absolute or extreme degree, to the full extent.
What is utterly?
Nature existed peacefully
What is described at the beginning of the poem?
Robins will wear their feathery fire
What is an example of imagery?
Look closely at the author's word choice and intentions. Consider setting, plot, figurative language on their work.
What are ways to find tone, mood and theme?
In line 8, the pronoun “it” refers to
What is war?
The movement of the plum tree blossoms in the wind
What does the sensory word "tremulous" describe line 4?
Violence and war will end at some point
What is described in the middle of the poem?
"Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire"
What is an example of assonance?
The author's theme (message) in this poem
What is nature does not care about humanity?
The poet might think that war is not worthy. War will not have a lasting impact on the natural world.
What is the poet's attitude about war?
It reflects the same feeling of ease and wonder embodied by nature itself.
What is the language of the poem?
Nature will continue undisturbed
What is described at the end of the poem?
"Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,..."
What is personification?
What is symbolism of new beginnings?
"Not one would mind, neither bird or tree
If mankind perished utterly"
What evidence supports the theme of the poem?
The poem is written in 6 rhyming couplets.
What is the format of the poem?