Betrayed by Nature

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meaning, by invoking the emotions of the reader and as a form of self-expression or reflection. "The World is Too Much With Us" is a sonnet written by William Wordsworth with an abbaabbacdcdcd rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme impacts the poem by limiting the poet to a specific condensed form which enhances the meaning of each word. The poem is written to express frustration at the changing world. The speaker sees how his interpretation of nature is transforming due to scientific discoveries and the industrial revolution. He sees that nature is losing the magical and mystical qualities he relied on for his poetry and he is angry that this might result in his relinquishing what could be construed as the knowledge base for his poetry. In the end, The speaker decides that he would rather be a pagan in a complete state of disillusionment than to lose his original perception of nature, “I’d rather be A pagan suckled in a creed outworn;” (Wordsworth 9/10) he writes acknowledging ...

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it is no longer something mystical and magical and he is angry at this change. With this new scientific understanding of nature, the speaker states, “we lay waste our powers;” (2) realizing that the magical power of nature has been diminished by the scientific discoveries.
If we continue with the idea that the speaker is frustrated with how his perception of nature is changing due to scientific discoveries we can analyze his phrase of ‘Getting and spending” (2). The speaker now would consider his previous visions of nature as actually being illusions as science continues to change nature into something with its own limitations, whereas before the speaker could associate nature as a ...

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