The_World_Is_Too_Much_With_Us

The World Is Too Much With Us Explication of “The World Is Too Much With Us” “The World Is Too Much With Us,” a sonnet written by William Wordsworth is about the disconnection of mankind with nature. He also writes about the carelessness and wastefulness of humans. Wordsworth continues with a plea to God that it be changed. Beginning with the title of the sonnet, “The World Is Too Much With Us,” implies that the world is too busy with people. Nature has been overlooked in the mist of everyone’s hectic lives. The title is repeated in the first line, then “late and soon.” These words suggest that the nature has been overlooked in the past, and will continue to be overlooked in the future. “Getting and spending” refers to the materialistic, commercialized world. Humans have become so involved in technology that they are ignoring the glorious natural world. In this line, when Wordsworth writes “we lay waste our powers,” he is directly stating that because of the “getting and spending,” humankind is not living up to its potential. “Little we see in Nature that is ours” reveals the disconnection humans have with nature. Furthermore, humans have no connection with God. Nature nature, world, mankind, wordsworth, humans, away, wishes, line, god, triton, sea, proteus, poem, people, now, much, hearts, flowers, writes, word, wind, ways, technology, overlooked, morally, men, meaning, given, future, corrupt, continues, been, about, worship