There Will Come Soft Rain Imagery

Teasdale wrote “There Will Come Soft Rains” with an abundance of imagery through its stanzas. “Robins will wear their feathery fire” (5) is only one of the many examples of the imagery used and it states that if the human race was to perish, animals behavior would not alter to much degree. Deer would still prance, salmon would still swim upstream, monarchs would still migrate, robins would still have their stunning red feathers, and all of the animals would not . Written in the poem is the statement, “And wild plum trees in tremulous white” (4). This is a statement meant to prove, just like the animals, plants would not know that our existence is no more or have to modify. After the mention of the coming of soft rains, the poem reads, “Swallows