Essay on The World Is Too Much for Us

The reason Wordsworth wrote this poem was to express the beauty of all nature and how we take its beauty for granted. He is wishing to convey that we should acknowledge nature because we are nature and nature is in all of use. Also that we should admire its beauty

Wordsworth questions the amount of recognition that nature gets from people in today society. He almost uses a guilt trip method to make his reader ask themselves if they have given nature the tribute it deserves. When I was assigned to read this text, I found myself so wound up in school and activities and busy work. So much so that I hadn’t had time to enjoy things around me and the things out the window or under my feet. “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!” (page 790, line2) This text approached me at a perfect time to help me to step back and appreciate the small things that surround me each day. Senior year can be overwhelming more than once and it is always a refreshing breath to stop and smell the roses, metaphorically and literally. Therefore, I am thankful for the impact that this text had on me and the timing of its

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

Wordsworth seems to foresee the inevitable, because he sees himself as one with the environment. The verse "I, standing on this pleasant lea, have glimpses that would make me less forlorn" (11-12), shows Wordsworth as a visionary who is not responsible for the destruction of nature. In addition, the change Wordsworth is hoping for will come in the form of a mighty revolt by nature. This is why Wordsworth reaches back into ancient Greece for their gods who symbolize nature and strength to make the change. Proteus was a sea god who could change his appearance to get away from capture. Proteus is seen rising from the sea, facing the injustices inflicted upon nature, placing the cycle of life back in balance. The ability to change ones appearance is critical in facing the variety of threats mankind might impose. The god Triton was also mentioned as a savior to nature as well. Triton was the most imposing of the gods

Wordsworth shows how beautiful nature is and how much joy it can bring to people in this poem. In the first stanza he describes how he felt lonely until he saw a group of daffodils, “I wandered lonely as a cloud”, “When all at once I saw a crowd”. In the last stanza Wordsworth says that when he was at home lying on his couch he wasn’t in the best mood but all of a sudden the image of daffodils popped in his head and he was filled with joy, “For oft when on my couch I lie”, “And then my heart with pleasure

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

He shows that the sea is illustrated to move us in a certain way, to make us feel emotion. People believe that the line means as if the sea were nursing the moon, that does show some sort of compassionate emotion. While others just believe it is a metaphor for someone exposing themselves. It is likely to represent someone calling attention to themselves as Wordsworth feels that nature is doing. The line also uses personification as well as metaphor.

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,

In “The World is Too Much With Us”, William Wordsworth accuses human evolution to have lost its connection with nature. In the first line Wordsworth says, “The world is too much with us" this phrase likely meant that the world is too full of humans who are losing their connection to divinity and even more importantly, to nature. The speaker tells the reader that everything in nature including the ocean and the wind is in synch with each other, but mankind has fallen away from this connection and is now “out of tune." Humanity has become an inconvenience to the world because we are out of harmony with nature. Wordsworth explains that people, through their consumerist lift styles, can no longer identify with the natural world and have lost their

In "Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey", Wordsworth uses imagination to help him and others to live in the physical world peacefully. He recalls playing in Tintern Abbey, a forest nearby there and played in it when he was young. Now he comes back for different reasons. He escapes the world which is individualism and goes to the forest to get away from all the burden. He tells his young sister that she can always come here to get away from her problems as well. In the poem, Wordsworth uses nature to solve problems in life.

Wordsworth expresses his desires to be a pagan. Wordsworth relates spirituality with the importance of nature. Wordsworth reads, “Great god! I’d rather be;/ A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;/ So might I, standing on this pleasant lea;/ Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn” (9-12). This further supports Polytheistic Religions as they support a separate god for each element of nature and his extreme wish to be a Pagan. Wordsworth’s desire to be a Pagan allows Wordsworth to see Ancient Gods and achieve spiritual condolence. Wordsworth considers two gods, “Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;/ Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn” (13-14). Proteus who is able to change his shape to his desire and Triton having the ability to control the waves of the sea by a horn proved the importance of changing and having a relationship with

Further along in the poem, the Being makes "a sound like thunder" (8), another symbol of strength and power. One of the most important features of a divine being is eternal existence. Wordsworth describes nature as being in "eternal motion" (7); it is constantly changing and evolving. A third quality essential to divinity is absolute perfection. One scene in the poem depicts the sun sinking from the heavens down into the sea. Wordsworth creates an image of such harmony and perfection; it is hard to question the divine essence of nature.

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