The World Is Too Much With Us
William Wordsworth’s sonnet “The World is Too Much With Us” expresses the fact that mankind has lost their connection with nature. The theme of this poem can be linked to his other work “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” as in both he laments the fast paced life style of humanity which is so focused on “getting and spending”(2), feeling that he is one of the few who realizes the importance of nature. Like many of his other works, Wordsworth uses powerful imagery to express his feelings on the subject. Wordsworth says the world is so “out of tune”(7) that people are not noticing the nature around them. By ignoring nature, Wordsworth says that the sea that once “[bore her bosom to the moon]”(5) and the wind that “[howled] at all