During England's industrial revolution, humans devoted themselves to monotonous jobs and lost the harmonious unity with nature. In the nineteenth century, when the poet William Wordsworth wrote his sonnet “The World is Too Much with Us,” aspects of industrialized society had changed the life of a worker, leaving no time or desire to enjoy himself and take part in nature. In his Petrarchan sonnet, Wordsworth criticizes humans for losing their hearts to materialism and desires a world where nature is divine. In the first four lines, Wordsworth angrily addresses the theme of the sonnet, which is that the modern industrialized age has lost its connection with nature. He claims that humans are doing too much to the world. In the past and recently, humans have used their power of choice to decide to destroy nature. They also engaged in monotonous activities such as “acquiring and spending” (2). The parallel structure of “late and early” (1) and “acquire and spend” (2) is an example of how humanity's actions are getting progressively worse over time. The suffix –ing adds a monotonous tone to the activities of “getting and spending” (2). The caesura in line 1 after the word “we” (1) offers the reader the opportunity to feel and reflect on the weight of the world resting on humanity's shoulders. “Too” (1) and “soon” (1) have a long “oo” sound, which suggests that the exploitation of nature had been underway long before Wordsworth wrote this sonnet. The “powers” of humanity (2) have gone “wasted” (2), which in this context means that they have been destroyed. However, another connotation of the word "waste" (2) is a barren, uninhabited wilderness, so the power humans have to destroy nature reduces lush forests to bars......half of paper. .....and it cannot be destroyed, unlike Wordsworth, who has lost all hope in reviving nature. Hopkins also believes that the Christian God is great, while Wordsworth despises the Christian God and wishes society would believe in pagan gods instead. These beliefs are drastically different due to Hopkins' optimism for the future of humanity and Wordsworth's pessimism. While Wordsworth is “desolate” (12), Hopkins believes that “nature never runs out” (9). Even though man has “trampled” (5) all of nature and exploited it for his own economic gain, Hopkins believes that there is always “freshness” (10) in everything that will explode into life once again with “ luminous wings” (14 ). The only way to be truly in harmony with nature is to accept it for what it is and try not to have an optimistic or pessimistic view about it – instead, you should see the results in due time..
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