Question 3 for "Venus and the Ark"

The title of the poem indicates the intentions of a spoof. Sexton titles her poem “Venus and the Ark” as a spinoff of the Biblical story of Noah and the Ark. One similarity between both stories is the despaired situation of humanity and earth, which is culminated with the flood in the Bible and the “atom blasts” in Sexton’s poem. The differences lie with how the characters intend to rebuild a post-apocalyptic society. The Ph.D.’s in Sexton’s poem realize how hopeless mankind is and believe that only a new species of man will benefit in the future, whereas Noah planned on reestablishing society based on a following of the law of God.