Comparing The World Is Too Much With Us And God's Grandeur '

While both poets Muir and Wordsworth wrote about the happy feelings that they have towards nature the beautiful outdoors or what some people may say Mother Nature, some of which the feelings are the same and some that are different as they speak of the different plants.

The poem “The World is Too Much with Us” by William Wordsworth is, in my opinion, one of the best Romantic era poems, and it is a prime example of the values and writing styles that are expressed in Romantic era literature. One of the ways that the poem resembles other literary works of the Romantic period is that one of the main themes of the poem is nature, and nature is also a theme that was very prevalent in the literary works from the Romantic era. Furthermore, the poem by Wordsworth resembles other romantic literary works with the very distinctive non-formal writing style that set the Romantic period apart from the previous eras. Additionally, when the entirety of the poem is examined, including the theme, style and writing elements, it is obvious that the poem is a prime example of what the Romantic era literary works stood for and how they were written.

In William Wordsworth's sonnet "The World Is Too Much with Us" the speaker conveys his frustration about the state in which he sees the world. Throughout the poem the speaker emphatically states his dissatisfaction with how out of touch the world has become with nature. Typical of Italian sonnets, the first eight lines of the poem establish the problems the speaker is experiencing such discontent about. Subsequently, the next line reveals a change in tone where the speaker angrily responds to the cynicism and decadence of society. Finally, the speaker offers an impossible solution to the troubles he has identified. Through each line, the tone elevates from dissatisfaction to anger in an effort to make the reader sense the significance of

William Wordsworth's poem The world is too much with us is a statement about conflict between nature and humanity. The symbolism in his poem illustrates a sense of the conviction and deep feelings Wordsworth had toward nature. He longs for a much simpler time when the progress of humanity was tempered by the restriction nature imposed. Wordsworth is saying in this poem that man is wasting his time on earth by not appreciating nature around him. He is looking but not beholding. "We have given our hearts away" (4) means that we have sold the part of us that is from the earth (man which is from dust) in order to make other things more important than appreciating life; such as, money or

Despite constant style and content changes within poetry throughout history, “God’s Grandeur,” by Gerard Manley Hopkins, is very comparable to the poem, “The World is too Much with Us,” by William Wordsworth. These poems’ greatest similarity lies in their themes. They each describe society and its lack of care for the natural world, where mankind is too preoccupied with duties and material things. The most obvious difference between the poems is the tone they end with—Hopkins’s poem starts with a sardonic tone and ends with a more positive stance towards nature and God by expressing a belief in renewal and redemption through the power of God. Wordsworth’s poem, inversely, remains cynical throughout and in the end the speaker wishes for his

As this was written during the romantics movement, many people started to think about christianity as a man made religion, in which the church, bible and the clergy system were all created by humans. “It moves us not.--Great God! I'd rather be, a pagan suckled in a creed outworn”(9-10). Wordsworth compares christianity to worldly wealth and a distraction to nature, and states that he would rather be a poor pagan. “So might I standing on this pleasant lea, have glimpses that would make me less forlorn”(11-12). Wordsworth argues being a poor pagan would be more beneficial due to having some sort of a connection to nature (which are his “glimpses”), then to be totally isolated from nature which he thought resembled christianity. The final lines of the poem shows the imagery “have sight of proteus rising from the sea; or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn”(13-14). As the reader is told that those were the “glimpses that would make me less forlorn”, which means Wordsworth is supposed to feel satisfied, this just shows how pointless his life was to him as he would rather go beyond reality and easily give up on humanity

The World Is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth is an italian sonnet, with the rhyme scheme a-b-b-a-a-b-b-a-c-d-c-d-c-d. The first eight lines make up an octave and the last six a sestet. Wordsworth bemoans the state of humanity, lamenting that people are too materialistic and they cannot appreciate the beauty of the natural world. He thinks that humanity is too obsessed with their world, the commercial, industrial world, “The world is too much with us”. People are consumed by the pursuit of wealth, while they lose touch with nature. Even as he stands, looking out onto the tranquil sea, he doesn’t feel any connection to it. Here, at the end of the octave, the poem takes a turn. The first eight lines are composed almost entirely of long,

William Wordsworth’s poem, “The World is too Much with Us” conveys the idea that nature itself does not possess the excitement in which the human race clings to and so one must disfigure nature in order to except its true beauty. The overwhelming distractions in the world consume one from realizing what beauty surrounds them in nature. Lines 1-2 express Wordsworth’s feelings towards the people who inhabit this earth and the idea that one does not live up to their full potential, only polluting the earth with waste, while also polluting the minds of others. Demonstrating his wishes towards the excitement nature may possess in lines 11-14 though I do not understand why Wordsworth makes references to both “Triton” and “Proteus” as both are represented

Good morning and welcome to the number 1 radio show, The Beat Goes On, I am your host, Caleb Argent, and today we will be going on a journey of reflection as we analysis the power words have in evoking human emotion through poems and modern songs alike. Poetry has been motivating, inspiring and inviting people to reflect on themselves for centuries. It has made people look back on the errors of their ways and come to terms with their mistakes. Poetry has the power to do all this because of the way the words within are written. Poets in the Romantic age (1800-1850) were very avant-garde minded and due to this, most of the utmost controversial and well known poets come from this age. As a result of this we here at The Beat Goes on have decided that our journey of reflection will began at the peak of poems in the romantic era with a famous poet named William Wordsworth and his poem “The World Is To Much With Us” and end in the 21st century with a famous song called "Gone" by Jack Johnson. In William Wordsworth’s poem “The World Is To Much With Us” the theme shows us that humanity has lost its way or is losing its way. Over time this idea of “Humanity losing its way” has brought about many controversial opinions and arguments between people who agree with the statement and people who disagree. This theme has changed a lot over the ages due to the different levels of technical advances at the time. In William Wordsworth’s poem he mainly focuses on the way society no longer

There is a simile in line 7 “And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers.” Finally, there are two allusions to greek gods in lines 13 and 14, Proteus and Triton respectively. Line 14 gives the example of imagery “Or hear Old Triton blow his wreathed horn”. One can imagine the great sea god blowing a curled horn amid a vast ocean for all to hear. Wordsworth chose images such as this one because they were strong and powerful.

The simple poem by William Wordsworth is nothing short of a deeper meaning, but you will never find this hidden meaning unless you read in between the lines. Within this second level of understanding is a similar meaning of that of the literal meaning. In a more critical analysis of “The World Is Too Much With Us” Wordsworth’s deeper meaning is

In the Williams Wordsworth poem “The World Is Too Much With Us” the main theme is how us humans are so focused on time and money that we use up all our energy. Wordsworth also says that humans sell their souls to other things that we don’t see nothing in nature that we can “own.” This poem opens with a complaint about human are out of whack an destroying themselves.

Wordsworth is known for his introspection, often writing about feelings and emotions, mortality and nature. Wordsworth’s The Prelude is a seminal work. The poem is about the growth of the poet’s mind. It is autobiographical and deals with different periods of Wordsworth’s life, such as his childhood, his time at Cambridge and his residence in France. The poem features Wordsworth reflecting on his experiences and feelings. The poem acts as a look into how he views himself as a poet. In The Politics of the Epic: Wordsworth, Byron, and the Romantic Redefinition of Heroism, author Paul Cantor contends that despite the use of epic writing, the poem itself is vastly different from the epic. “It is written in an elevated blank verse that often has a Miltonic ring, it contains epic diction and epic similes, and it shows many other signs of Wordsworth 's attempt to work within the established epic tradition. But if one looks at the beginning of the poem, where the epic poet traditionally invokes his Muse, one can see how radically Wordsworth differs from his predecessor” (Cantor, 377). The poem, Miltonic in its style and diction, does seem to mimic the Miltonic epic style, at least somewhat. This does not mean, however, that

“The World Is Too Much with Us” represents societies absent connection with nature. Right off the bat, Wordsworth repeats the title of this poem to emphasize a Romantic element. The first couple of lines begin with Wordsworth stating that the modern world is losing the battle to materialism. "Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; /Little we see in Nature that is ours; /We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon" (Wordsworth 2-4)! In an

As a Jesuit priest, Gerard Manly Hopkins devoted many years of his life to spiritual study and instruction. As seen in his poem “God’s Grandeur”, Hopkins translated his intense spirituality into poems that explore the relationship between humans and the natural world as an expression of God’s divinity. In the poem, Hopkins presents the Victorian fixation on progress and change not as an improvement, but rather as a regression from a constructive communion with God’s glory as found in the natural world. Despite Hopkins’ negative view on the impact of man’s progression, he remains confident and appreciative of the protective power of God and the inexhaustibility of nature as further