There Will Come Soft Rains

Which line from the poem provides context that supports the meaning of the word perished in line 10?

• And not one will know of the war,

• not one Will care at last when it is done

• Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree

• Would scarcely know that we were gone

What is the author's purpose for using figurative language in line 11?

• to compare Spring to a woman

• to exaggerate the cost of war

• to describe the setting of the poem

• to bring nature to life for us to relate to

The shift in the poem can best be described as

• gloomy

• mystifying

• oblivious

• harmonious

The use of repetition reveals

• humanity did not survive the war

• animals are naive to their surroundings

• nature is independent of mankind

• humans destroyed the universe

The speaker in the poem believes that nature will

• change every spring

• cause a war

• perish during spring

• outlast humans

The speaker of the poem best believes that war

• overshadows the arrival of spring

• goes unnoticed by nature

• will destroy nature and humanity

• distracts nature from proceeding

Spring best symbolizes

• warmth

• renewal

• bloom

• love