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In the short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury, there is a poem toward the middle of the text called “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale. The poem was published in 1920, following World War 1. In the poem Teasdale uses contrasting tones from peace coming from the animals and nature, to the destruction caused by human wars and conflict. The theme of the poem is that the power and beauty of nature would be undisturbed if human life was washed away completely. The importance of the poem in the short story is that it helps key in the reader on what is going on beyond the central setting of the house, and help shine a light on the theme behind the story.