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The World Is Too Much With Us - William Wordsworth | Full Poem with Summary


The World Is Too Much With Us
the world is too much with us

The world is too much with us; late and soon, 
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! 
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; 
The winds that will be howling at all hours, 
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; 
For this, for everything, we are out of tune; 
It moves us not. 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; 

Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; 
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn. 

- William Shakespeare


Summary

In the Sonnet "The world is too much with us" poet complains that the modern world is losing its connection with nature. In this fast-paced life, humans don't get enough time to care and appreciate the beauty and harmony of nature which is ours in real means. But instead of doing so, humans are busy with their job, money and comfort, for them only their earning and spending matters. Poet also says that modernization has changed the mankind, it changed their behaviour, it changed their relationship towards nature. Humans have forgotten to love, they forgot to appreciate. Poet also complains that humans are becoming materialistic, they forgetting to enjoy, they losing their souls for these materialistic comforts instead of showing their love toward the nature, which has given a lot of things to them.


Theme

In the sonnet, William Wordsworth highlights the theme of materialism which he sees around him. He also highlights that mankind is losing its love and forgetting to enjoy and appreciate nature. Mankind is only devoted to the money, comfort and all the materialistic things of the world.


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