THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US
William Wordsworth
About the writer:
In the history of English literature William Wordsworth is known as a romantic poet. He belongs to the age of Romantic Revival. He is renowned as a nature poet. Wordsworth in his poem tries to give voice to his feelings. He is considered as a subjective poet. He talks about his experiences in his poems. His experiences are the raw material for his poems. When his raw material gets the touch of his imagination, a memorable (unforgettable, outstanding, brilliant) piece of literature is born.
About the poem:
The World is Too much with us is a very famous poem by William Wordsworth This poem is an attack on the materialism (greed). The poet is very unhappy with the attitude of people. He finds that people are made after money. They don’t have time. They are too busy with their daily work and routine. The have started neglecting nature. In this age of technology and industry, people have no interest in nature. Everybody is running blindly after money. People collect money and spend them without thinking much. The poet feels that people are wasting their power. He says,
The world is too much with us;…”
This poem is written in Miltonic verse. It is a sonnet. The particular date of this Sonnet is unknown. In this sonnet Wordsworth expresses his regret regarding the modern man. The poet says that the modern man has lost touch with the nature. They are blind after the materialism. They worship money only. They have forgotten nature. He wants to be a pagan. He wants to be brought up in creed (faith, belief) that is now outdated (old, old-fashioned). By being a pagan, he wants to be in touch with the nature. At least as a pagan he would have the chance to see the beauties of nature. He wishes to be in the lap of nature like a primitive (ancient. prehistoric) man. He believes that the nature has something that no other thing has.
Wordsworth is pained (hurt, upset, unhappy, disturbed) to see that the entire world is mad after money. Their love for wealth is so great that they are even ready to be the slave of the God of Wealth. As a lover of nature he cannot see man out of nature. The sonnet is compact in size. The language is simple. The sonnet beautifully expresses the poet’s favourite theme which is “Go back to Nature.”
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EXPLANATION
These satirical lines are taken from the poem The World is too much with us, written by William Wordsworth. In these lines the poet attacks the blind love of people for materialism. The poet is very unhappy with the attitude of people. He finds that people are mad after money They have started neglecting nature. In this age of technology and industry, people have no interest in nature. Everybody is running blindly after money. People hoard money and spend them without thinking much. The poet feels that people are wasting their power. The poet says that the modern man has lost touch with the nature. They are blind after the materialism. They worship money only. They have forgotten nature. Wordsworth is pained to see that the entire world is mad after money. Their love for wealth is so great that they are even ready o be the slave of the God of wealth. As a lover of nature he cannot see man out of nature.