ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the central purpose of this poem “The World is Too Much With Us”?
A
To incite ideas that would allow people to inspire a generation built upon supporting and being one with nature.
B
To let people know that the speaker has hope for a better future.
C
To convey the fear that humans have the potential to fall behind the grace, beauty, and effortlessness of nature.
D
To link the relationship that nature has with the eventual degradation of humankind.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -To let people know that the speaker has hope for a better future. To convey the fear that humans have the potential to fall behind the grace, beauty, and effortlessness of nature. To link the relationship that nature has with the eventual degradation of humankind.

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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer. Answer: “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-4: -In “The World Is Too Much With Us, ” the speaker describes humankind’s relationship with the natural world in terms of loss. That relationship once flourished, but now, due to the impacts of industrialization on everyday life, humankind has lost the ability to appreciate, celebrate, and be soothed by nature.

Detailed explanation-5: -This poem is one of the many excellent sonnets Wordsworth wrote in the early 1800 s. Sonnets are fourteen-line poetic inventions written in iambic pentameter.

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