Monday, May 24, 2010

Can someone help me with the poem "The World is too much with us" by William Worldsworth?

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.





Are there any refrains?? and if yes, which??


Does it have Consonance? One example from the poem...


Are there any repetitions? Which ones??

Can someone help me with the poem "The World is too much with us" by William Worldsworth?
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http://www.edhelper.com/poetry/The_World...
Reply:Here's my advice:





1. Open up your textbook.





2. Look up the words "refrain," "consonance," and "repetition."





3. Study those definitions.





4. Read the poem out loud and do your own homework.





You kids will never learn anything if you don't actually do this stuff. Sheesh.
Reply:Can't help you with dissecting the poem. But I have been out of high school for 10 years and can still remember every word of it, having been forced to memorize the poem in 9th grade.

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