Romantic Poetry

Who is the author of 'The World Is Too Much With Us'?

• John Steinbeck

• Robert Frost

• William Wordsworth

• John Keiths

Which line consists visual imagery?

• Getting and spending we lay waste our powers;

• The world is too much with us; late and soon,

• For this, for everything, we are out of tune;

• This Sea bares her bosom to the moon

How many stanzas are there in 'The World is too much with us'?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which word means 'the preoccupation of society with the acquisition of goods'

(a)  

In the line 'It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be', Wordsworth uses ___ to disrupt the rhythm, thus emphasising his passion.

• caesura

• enjambment

• asyndetic listing

• polysyndeton

Which analytical verb fits best in this sentence:

'The World is too much with us' ___ the sonnet form through its angry tone and hatred of modern society.

• embodies

• subverts

• emphasises

• uses

The final sestet of a sonnet often offers a solution to the problem introduced in the octave. What is Wordsworth's rather radical solution to the increasingly consumerist society in 'The World is Too Much With Us'?

• That all the factories in the Industrial Revolution can be burnt down.

• Wishing to be a pagan so that people in society would worship and admire him.

• Wishing to be a pagan so he can believe in ancient gods and receive spiritual solace in nature.

• He wishes to show his chest to the moon in a physical embrace of nature.

Which Greek gods does Wordsworth allude to at the end of 'The World is too much with us'?

• Triton

• Zeus

• Narcissus

• Proteus

'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge' is a description of...

• a bridge

• the River Thames

• a ship

• The city of London

In 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge', the air of London in the early morning is described as...

• polluted

• full of smoke

• smokeless

• foggy