"The World is Too Much With Us" by William Wordsworth
Key Concepts
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Iambic Pentameter: The rhythmic pattern of five "iambs" (unstressed/stressed syllables) per line.
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Nature as a Living Entity: A core Romantic belief that the earth is not a dead machine but a living presence.
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Industrial Revolution Critique: The historical context of the poem's anger toward urbanization.
Examples & Applications
Imagery: "The winds that will be howling at all hours / And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers."
The Rhyme Scheme: The Octave follows ABBAABBA.
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Nature is like an old friend weβve stopped calling because we are too busy checking our bank accounts. We still live in the same neighborhood, but we are no longer "in tune."
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