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William Wordsworth's Sonnet 'The World Is Too Much With Us'

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Through the use of an iambic pentameter and a Petrarchan rhyme scheme, in the sonnet, “The World is Too Much With Us.”, Wordsworth portrays the materialistic values of society. Wordsworth’s critical tone and discontent attitude expresses the frustration towards the disconnection society has with nature. William Wordsworth conveys his frustration through his disappointed tone by giving insight on how as humanity and technology advance, human values start losing touch with nature. Every line in the sonnet reveals his dissatisfaction with how rotten the principles of our society has gotten, as judged by the lines, “little we see that nature is ours,” and “we have been given our hearts away, a sordid boon!” The shifting

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