William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770, in the small town of Cockermouth, Lake District, in England. He was the second of four sons. William Wordsworth father was a lawyer and his father has to travel a lot because of the work. William Wordsworth Mother died when he was eight years old. He was sent to Hawkshead Grammer School in the countryside where he learned Greek and Latin in school and memorizes some of the great work of Shakespeare and Milton. William Wordsworth father died in 1783 which means that he was an orphan at an age of 13. William Wordsworth started feeling lonely in this world. He went to Cambridge University where he did not do well but he was able to graduate in 1791. William Wordsworth went to France in the summer of 1790 with his friend. In France, he fall in love with a Annette Vallon and had a child with her. He came back to England to make some money in 1993 and in 1993 Britain and France went to war with each other and no one was allowed to cross the border.
While I was reading the poem The World is too much with us it reminds me about the life that I used to have in India and the life that I am living in New York at present. This poem reminds me of the time when I used to go to school by riding my bicycle. I used to look on the side of the roads and by looking on the sides, I used too feel very fresh, relaxed, happy and enjoying my life on this earth because of the wonderful view of the grassy fields. But from the time, I came to United States, I do not see any grassy field while going to college or work. I just see the trains, big buildings, people getting off or on the train. I feel that something is missing in my life which is the beauty of Nature. The message that I got from this poem is that as we are growing ourselves in this world, we are loosing our natural beauty in order to make our lives comfortable. Nowadays, only few people realizes this because of the busy life and the resources that we have today.
