The
World is Too Much with Us
In
this poem the speaker accuses the world of losing its intrinsic
nature and connection with all things meaningful and sentimental - as
presented through lines like "Getting
and spending, we lay waste our powers." He talks of how when the
nature is in full force with all its beauty the world simply ignores
it and continues with their idolatries. William
Wordsworth presents us with this poem in order to bring about his
idea of the fleeting nature of societies sentimental nature and its
replacement with materialism.
Im
Nobody! Who are you?
Throughout
this poem by Emily Dickinson, she exclaims that, "I am nobody."
And asks the reader "Who are you?... Are you nobody too?"
This poem is interesting because it explains Dickinson's view on
people and it opens a window into her viewpoints. What we can see
from this poem and historically through looking at her biography is
that Dickens was not famous during her lifetime; in fact, despite
writing a good 1,800 poems she published fewer than ten. That being
said when we cross analyze the two - her lifestyle and her inner
thinkings through her poetry - we can see that her under the radar
life was actual her own lifestyle choice which is very interesting.
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