LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ROMANTIC ERA ENGLISH LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the quest for knowledge
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the quest for love and romance
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the quest for power and wealth
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the decline of ancient cities
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Detailed explanation-1: -“The world is too much with us” is a sonnet by William Wordsworth, published in 1807, is one of the central figures of the English Romantic movement. The poem laments the withering connection between humankind and nature, blaming industrial society for replacing that connection with material pursuits.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Wordsworth is thinking of the materialistic and self-centered attitudes and activities of people in the “world” that he refers to in the opening of his poem. He is making the point that people miss too much because they are obsessed with “getting and spending."
Detailed explanation-3: -Representation of Nature in Wordsworth’s poetry He views Nature as a source of love, perpetual joy, soothing and healing power, knowledge and spirituality. Nature and God become one for him. He believes that Nature is the Universal Spirit guiding anyone who like to be guided by her.
Detailed explanation-4: -The subject of “Tintern Abbey” is memory-specifically, childhood memories of communion with natural beauty. Both generally and specifically, this subject is hugely important in Wordsworth’s work, reappearing in poems as late as the “Intimations of Immortality” ode.