I feel that the poem "The world is too much with us" by, William Wordsworth expresses insight on the changing times of the 19th century, as Europe moved from the countryside into industrial cities. Wordsworth opens his poem with the lines, "The world is too much with us; late and soon, / Getting and spending, we lay waste out powers: / Little we see in nature that is ours;." ... The poem ends as Wordsworth expresses his sorrow for the sin that he has committed and his feelings of wanting nature back. This poem relates to our class discussions and chapter 24 because we have been talking a...

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In the three following poems, nature is used thematically, but in very different ways. ... Coleridge also writes about God, spirits, and curses in this poem. ... Later in the poem, all of the shipmates drop dead (Coleridge 8). ... The mariner is punished to teach us that it is a sin to hurt God's creations and that we should love and protect all of nature. ... Nature makes this poem seem more persuasive. ...

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