Wednesday, August 24, 2011

What is a diffference between the short story and Sarah Teasdale's poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

Both the Ray Bradbury short story and the Sara Teasdale
poem are entitled, “There Will Come Soft Rains”.  However, there is a stark contrast
between the selections. In the Bradbury short story, human life is annihilated, while
technology endures. The setting for the short story is a typical family home. The
technological gadgets in the house continue to function as if the householders were
present. The existence or non-existence of humans has no effect on the routines of the
robotic servants within the home. Technology becomes the focus of the
selection.


 On the other hand, in the Sara Teasdale poem,
nature is focus. The environment in this selection is populated by animals, such as
robins, swallows and frogs. As the animals interact with the natural environment, they
are unaware of human interactions with one another. In fact, according to the Teasdale
poem, if humankind vanished entirely, either by or natural disaster or a man-made
catastrophe, nature “would scarcely know that we were gone.” Teasdale marvels at the
natural perfection found in the ecological cycle of life.

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