Soft Rains questions 1. Why does the house keep going, even without human occupants?
2. What can you infer about the quality of the lives of the people who lived there?
3. What similarities does the house have to a human being?
4. Share an example of imagery, metaphor, simile, irony, allusion, or symbolism

Read the excerpt from the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england.simon forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. however, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. he has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” it seems the best advice is provided by nicholas bownd in his book medicines for the plague: "in these dangerous times god must be our only defense.”which lines best summarize the excerpt?