There Will Come Soft Rains: A Poem Analysis
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7am: time to get up; 7:09: breakfast time; 8:01: off 2 school, off 2 work; 8:30: the eggs were schriveled and the toast was like stone; 9:15: time to clean; 10: the sun rise; 10:15: the garden sprinklers whirled up in golden founts; 12noon: the house lets the dog in; 2pm: the regiments of mice hummed; 2:15: the dog was gone; 2:35: bridge tables sprouted from patio walls; 4: the tables folded; 4:30: the nursery walls glowed; 5: the bath filled with clear hot water; 6-8: the dinner dishes manipulated like magic tricks; 9: the beds warmed their hidden circuits; 9:05: the house plays the poem "twcsr"; 10: the house began to die
there will come soft rains and the smells of the ground, and swallows, circling wih their shimmering sound; and wild plum trees in tremolous white; robins will wear their feathery fire whistling their whims on a low fence-wire. 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 go into the Dead places but i am not slain. I take the metal from the dead places but i am not blasted. Itravel upon the god-roads and am not afraid. E-yah! I have killed the fawn. I have killed the panther! It is forbidden to go east, but i have gone, forbidden to go on the great river. My body is painted for death and my limbs weak, but my heart is big as i..
I was taught how to read in the old books and how to make the old writings. We are not ignorant like the Forest People. Nevertheless, my knowledge and lack of knowledge burned in me- i wished to know more. Sometimes signs are sent by bad spirits. There was a white fawn with them. The gods heard me- they showed me how to paddle with the pole on one side
silhouette: outline that appears dark aainst a light background
paranoia: fear or danger
tremolous: trembling, unsteaady
oblivious: paying no attention
sublime: supreme
manipulate: to move
Dacca: capital of Bangladesh
sari: garment worn mostly by women of pakistan
partition: the division of the indian subcontinent into 2 independent countries
biscuits: british term for cooks
areca nuts: seed of the betel palm
deciduous trees: trees that shed or lose leaves at the end of the growing season
fez: a mans felt hat in the shape of a falt topped cone
botany: the science or study of plants
camphor: fragant compound from an Asian evergreen tree
plymouth rock: boulder in massachusetts
lentils: cooked seeds of abeanlike plant
jute: the fiber from an Asian plant