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The World Is Too Much with Us

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The World Is Too Much with Us, sonnet by William Wordsworth, published in 1807 in Poems, in Two Volumes. True to the tenets of English Romanticism, the poem decries the narrowness of modern daily life, especially its disconnection from and ignorance of the beauty of nature: The poet concludes with praise for ancient mythology, which, despite its paganism, recognized the intrinsic power of nature, as personified by such sea deities as Proteus and Triton. ...(100 of 74 words)

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