William Wordsworth was a great English poet who blessed the world with his writings. “The World is too much with us,” is one of his greatest works. In this poem he expressed his attachment with the nature and anger against the people who have ignored the beauty and usefulness of nature.

The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune,
It moves us not.-Great God! I’d rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

In the beginning of the poem, he illustrates the human nature. The world..late and soon, in this line he explained how the past and present contributed in the evolution of humans. By using the words getting and spending in the next line, he described the materialistic nature of humans and how we so indulge in materialistic world that our good and spiritual energies are getting wasted.

Little we..sordid boon, in this line Wordsworth complains that we ignore the gifts given by Nature. Nature has provided us everything which is permanent and necessary for a peaceful life but we do not care about it. In the modern world, people are running after materialistic things which are not permanent and unnecessary. He illustrated the greed and desires of humans by using the phrase ’sordid boon’.

Further he explains how Nature has become helpless in front of our ignorance. This sea .out of tune, in these lines Wordsworth portrays the greatness as well as helplessness of Nature in front of human greed for materialistic life. We do not care about nature’s gifts like Sea and wild winds as our eyes are blinded by the shines of materialism and keep ignoring and damaging the Nature.

It moves …wreathed horn. In the last six lines of this poem Wordsworth demonstrates his anger for the ignoring the Nature. He exclaims that if beauty and kindness of nature cannot turn our minds from materialism to spiritualism, then he would become a Pagan. He complains to God that in such a heartless world he would be happier to become a person who does not believe in God but believes in Nature like old Greek world. In ancient times Greeks only believed in the power of Nature and they worshiped only the Sea and other natural powers as the God and Goddess. In these lines he illustrated his frustration for the ignorance of nature. We should understand the importance and usefulness of nature. Wordsworth showed his anger through this poem that we are neglecting the beauty of Mother nature and running behind the materialistic things.

In this poem Wordsworth drew the attention of the World towards the greatness of Nature. He tried to convey his message to the World that one should not forget its importance, otherwise one day we will face its consequences.