Thursday, November 10, 2011

What are the allusions, the images and the theme in wordsworth poem, the world is too much with us?

the poem contains allusions to Greek mythological heroes (Proteus and Triton). For Wordsworth, they represent a pagan era that was, in one sense, superior to our own, in that pagans were more in tune with nature. Appreciation of nature and its mysteriousness is a feature of romanticism and is also a theme of the poem. His nature imagery ("sea that bares her bosom," "winds that will be howling") personify nature and thus connect nature to human sensuality and emotion. Wordsworth's poem is an emotional appeal to his readers to not get caught up in the rat race of the material world and to connect with nature and experience its beauty and spirituality. He is rebelling against the the cold, rationalist approach to life that leaves one "forlorn" because it causes us to lose touch with nature, with our imagination, with our sense of wonder and awe, and with our spirituality.

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