ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to the speaker in “The World is Too Much With Us", we “are out of ____ “
A
time
B
tune
C
food
D
money
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -These lines are the speaker’s final exclamation that “we are out of tune” with nature because we are so caught up in worldly wealth. Here, the speaker swears an oath that he would rather be a poor pagan than be so distracted by worldly wealth so as to render himself unable to enjoy the true beauties of life.

Detailed explanation-2: -For this, for everything, we are out of tune; The poet elaborates on man’s alienation from nature, claiming that humanity is no longer susceptible to the influence of the “Sea, ” the “winds, ” and basically everything else in nature.

Detailed explanation-3: -When Wordsworth notes that “we are out of tune, ” he means that we are no longer able to appreciate that our true goal should be to appreciate Nature. The poem’s initial sentence–"The world is too much with us; late and soon, /Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers"–sets up the larger argument of the poem.

Detailed explanation-4: -Human beings are out of tune with nature and the gifts it presents to the beings.

Detailed explanation-5: -9) According to Wordsworth, with what are we “out” of tune”? Ans: The speaker here tells the reader that everything in nature, including the sea and the winds, is gathered up in a powerful connection with which humanity is ‘out of tune. ‘ Humans are not experiencing nature as they should.

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