William wordsworth poem the world is too much with us

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The wordsworth poem that begins "the world is too much with us, late and soon/getting and spending, we lay waste our powers" is a personal, critical response to the idea of

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Answer: materialism.

The English romantic poet William Wordsworth is the author of the poem "The World Is Too Much with Us," published in 1807.

In it, the poet denounces the excesses that industrialization has brought to society. He claims that people are materialistic now, and they have turned away from nature. He feels sorry for the change and more in touch with nature than with his contemporaries.


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