In the line 'The world is too much with us', what is the implied meaning?

• A. Industrial progress
• B. Love for nature
• C. Human pride
• D. War and sorrow

Answer: (B)

The line expresses a feeling of dissatisfaction with how absorbed people are in worldly concerns, to the point that nature is pushed aside. The implied meaning is that nature holds immense value for the human spirit, and the speaker longs for a closer, more loving relationship with it. In this context, the speaker’s lament reveals a love for nature and a desire to reconnect with it, because modern life—its busyness, money, and progress—has made nature feel distant or neglected.

Wordsworth’s era critiqued industrial progress for taking people away from the natural world, so the line points toward valuing nature and wanting to return to a more harmonious, nature-centered outlook.