Pooooetry

In Wordsworth's poem, The World Is Too Much with Us, he explains his identity as being with 'Nature' and that this identity no longer exists. When he says that "We have given our hearts away, a sordid boom!", he's showing that his relationship is gone and is gone with meaning. His line that speaks about "this Sea that bares her bosom to the moon" shows the vulnerability in the poem about his lacking identity, and "Little we see in Nature that is ours" is written to speak about how his culture is no longer associated with it.

In the poem, Identity Card, Mahmoud Darwish is much more upfront about his identity of being an Arab. It goes through the details and exact problems of being an Arab and the feelings that the poet has had, as opposed to the figurative language of Wordsworth's poem. Darwish's is much more angry and resentful, and though Wordsworth's is as well, it's not as straightforward. The message also differs between the personal details of being an Arab and the details of being connected to 'Nature'. 

I chose these two poems because I think they had significant differences and I really enjoyed the Arab poem because it brought a unique perspective in a refreshing light.