ENGLISH 3G06 Lecture 8: Wordsworth
16 Apr 2017
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2 parts (passage identification quotes looked at in class - and long answer) Answer 3 out of 4 questions in each part. You may not use the same text more than once. You may mention it but it should not be the main focus of more than one answer. William wordsworth, the world is too much with us (1807) The poem is more complex than it looks. How the poet is imagined in relation to the rest of the world. He doesn"t want to be part of this world. He wants to be part of the pagan world that is outside of the christian world that has ruined the world. First line: the world is too much with us; late and soon, . We are all humans that are ruining everything. He puts himself as contributing to the problem. He is criticizing the same thing that he is trying to criticize.
