There will come soft rains
The Prom "There will come soft rains" written by Sara Teasdale submitted at January 03, 2003 is about the future after a nuclear war.
The situation is, that there are no people anymore, just animals. And the animals have a good time, she writes how the swallows circling around, how frogs singing at night and how robins will wear their feathery fire.
Everything is peaceful, and no one know about the time before, were people were still alive.
For me the prom is sad and hopeful together. Sad because all people have died, and hopeful because the world is better, and happier, and the animals have a good time.
My favorite lines for the hopeful part are "There will come soft rains and the smell of the grounds; and swallows circling with their shimmering sound" and for the sad part are "and spring herself, when she woke at dawn; would scarcely know that we were gone".