"The World Is Too Much with Us; Late and Soon

question 22

Multiple Choice

"The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending we lay waste our powers . . ." What romantic idea is expressed in these lines from a poem by William Wordsworth?

• A) people lack the education they need to improve themselves
• B) humans are too easily distracted from nature by material pursuits
• C) society's institutions are responsible for human misery and corruption
• D) only by striving for wider experience do humans express their inner selves

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