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 main message in “The World is Too Much With Us”?
A
We are out of touch with nature
B
We appreciate nature too much
C
Paganism is the main way to be in touch with nature
D
Our souls and hearts belong to nature
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"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-2: -Major Themes: The major themes of the poem are the loss of nature and the natural world and the impacts of the busy life. The poet argues that people have forsaken their souls for material gains. In fact, the whole text of the poem denounces materialism which the poet has seen around him.

Detailed explanation-3: -The poem features these lines: “Little we see in Nature that is ours; / We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!” wherein Wordsworth is emphasizing that the true beauty of the earth cannot be owned. He reveals that very few things that people see in Nature actually belong to them.

Detailed explanation-4: -“The World Is Too Much with Us, ” by William Wordsworth dramatizes the conflict between humanity and nature, particularly how society is more interested in material goods than appreciating nature.

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