ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Fill in the blank:The world is too much with us; late and ____
A
ours
B
miserable
C
soon
D
hard
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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!

Detailed explanation-2: -"The World Is Too Much with Us” is a sonnet by the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth. In it, Wordsworth criticises the world of the First Industrial Revolution for being absorbed in materialism and distancing itself from nature. Composed circa 1802, the poem was first published in Poems, in Two Volumes (1807).

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: “The world is too much with us” can be interpreted as, people have become too concerned with worldly, material things and have the least concern for nature. Wordsworth was a romantic poet who stressed on the importance of emotion and connection with nature.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wordsworth’s The World is Too Much With Us is a Petrarchan sonnet recognizable by the rhyme scheme and the eight/six line format.

Detailed explanation-5: -Linking the relationship that nature has with the eventual degradation of humankind.

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