William+Wordsworth*

//The World is too Much with Us *//
- The speaker talks about how the world is so overwhelming that we can't appreciate it. Humans are too distracted with money and power that we can't appreciate nature because it isn't something that we can necessarily "own". - The poem itself seems to be obsessed with nature, with the idea that people aren't able to appreciate nature anymore, which is symbolic for how humans have lost their souls. - There is a large focus on nature, which means that there is also often a reference to the senses. The speaker often discusses seeing and how people are blind. - Even though there is no direct mention of death in this poem, when the speaker discusses the separation between human beings and nature there seems to be that humans are now emotionally dead. - The speaker believes that even though technology and modernization has brought us a lot of advancements and convenience in our life, it comes at a price.