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There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;

And frogs in the pools singing through night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white;

Robins will wear their feathery fire,
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;

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,
If mankind perished utterly;

And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn
Would scarcely know that we were gone.

I have just read the story, and I am impressed that the date is April 28th/29th 1985. Perhaps there are more versions, but this should be mentioned. Since I am not sure if there are multiple versions or the page is wrong, I will just submit my comment here, and lazily pass the buck to someone else to find out. AntiUsername 10:12, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen this published, and it used the sames breaks as you, Anti. -168.11.77.199 13:15, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Martian Chronicles

Should there be a reference in this article to the fact that the poem appears in "The Martian Chronicles"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.41.197.24 (talk) 16:14, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's also used in Fallout 3 if that's of any interest. --Mujokan (talk) 11:05, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced analysis

The second half of this article is uncited analysis (necessarily speculative, not a strictly factual documentation), and presumably original "research." Is this kosher? -Jack Vermicelli 98.243.84.182 (talk) 05:26, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do we need a rewrite?

I have no idea who wrote the "interpretation" of the poem, but they have written their own personal opinions.

For example, read the part about plum trees. The author of this part of the article doesn't understand it and so assumes that everyone else doesn't either. "A wild plum tree in tremulous white" refers to a plum tree in full bloom. Plum flower petals shake or "tremble" in the breeze, as well as rain down like snow to the ground below in a good breeze. They are quite beautiful. I'm a huge fan of the poem, mainly because I understand that to get the imagery, one must hav experienced the imagery firsthand in nature.BoyintheMachine (talk) 03:10, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rhythm

To indicate that the rhythm of the poem is close to iambic pentameter is unnecessary--metrical variations are normal, except possibly in Alexander Pope. Scan some Shakespeare, and you'll see what I mean. I'm not going to go ahead and change the page, because I don't know what I'm doing with wiki-editing and all, but I just want to put that out there —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.89.190.113 (talk) 06:06, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

myre

What is a myre? I could not find it in dictionary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sohale (talk • contribs) 18:16, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Most likely a spelling variation of "mire", which is spelled with a 'y' in some of its etymology. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 18:08, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Human extinction

The theme is that nature continues, whatever we do - and that nature will continue if we are gone. This is not a reference to human extinction as a result of war, as suggested.Royalcourtier (talk) 03:40, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We should have reliable sources to cite about the interpretation, not just interpret it ourselves. A counterargument (mentioned in the article) is that the poem is grouped in the anthology with other poems that concern war and is published in her 1920 anthology with the subtitle "War Time". —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 18:05, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 7 March 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved (closed by non-admin page mover) Calidum 02:57, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There Will Come Soft Rains → There Will Come Soft Rains (poem) – Not sure if there is a primary topic. The Ray Bradbury short story There Will Come Soft Rains (short story) gets more than twice as many page views. The Bradbury story is named after the Sara Teasdale poem, therefore one could argue the Teasdale poem has greater enduring notability? However, both are sadly relevant to our times. Schierbecker (talk) 00:29, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support: If most readers are seeking the Ray Bradbury topic, we should not send them to the article about the Teasdale poem. The problem is not mere WP:RECENTISM, since the Bradbury work was published more than 70 years ago. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 17:51, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
There is also a song on YouTube but that appears to be from the poem even though it refers to Life after People which is how I cam across the video years ago but I guess it doesn't need a separate article? Crouch, Swale (talk) 09:53, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.