THE WORLD IS TOO
MUCH WITH US
&
MY HEART LEAPS UP
objectives:
By the end of the lesson the students are expected to
Get to know William Wordsworth's life and works
Analyze the selected pieces written by William
Wordsworth
Specify the themes, literary devices, and
symbolism present in Wordsworth's poem
what are my
what are my
directions
Help a devastated William
Wordsworth know what his words
are worth by spelling the given word
spoken by the teacher.
what are my
directions
The student holding William
Wordsworth's head will say
ONE LETTER from the given
word.
what are my
directions
For example, the teacher will ask
"Help William know what his words
are worth, spell SPECIAL"
s1: S s2: P s3: E s4: C s5: I s6: A s7: L
WILLIAM
WORDSWORTH
Overview of his life and his
contributions to Literature
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
April 7, 1770 - April 23, 1850
He was born and raised in
Cockermouth, England
His parents are John and Anne
Wordsworth (who passed away
early)
He was married to Mary Hutchinson
and had six children together
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
contribution to literature
William Wordsworth was one of the founders of
English Romanticism and one of its most central
figures and important intellects.
He is remembered as a poet of spiritual and
epistemological speculation, a poet concerned
with the human relationship to nature, and a
fierce advocate of using the vocabulary and
speech patterns of common people in poetry.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
contribution to literature
His return to England was the darkest of
Wordsworth’s life. Unprepared for any profession,
rootless, virtually penniless, bitterly hostile to his own
country’s opposition.
He lived in London and learned to feel a profound
sympathy for abandoned mothers, beggars, children,
vagrants, and victims of England’s wars who began to
march through the somber poems he began writing
at this time.
WORDSWORTH & coleridge
In 1797-1798, Wordsworth met Samuel Taylor
Coleridge and formed a partnership.
Coleridge already thought of Wordsworth as
“the best poet of the age.”
Their friendship blossomed, and so did their
writing.
WORDSWORTH & coleridge
'Lyrical Ballads' is a famous collection of
poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and
William Wordsworth that challenged the
Neoclassical era of writing. Analyze the way
this collection was a response to societal
shifts in the late 1700s, and how it instilled
new poetic theory.
WORDSWORTH & coleridge
Many years after Wordsworth's
death, his wife published an
autobiographical poem entitled
"To Coleridge" / "The Prelude"
THE WORLD IS TOO
MUCH WITH US
By William Wordsworth
Structure & Form
(Stanza, Meter, Rhyme, Rhyme Scheme,
Rhythm and Genre)
Stanza
The poem is an Italian sonnet, written as one 14 line
stanza.
Meter
IAMBIC PENTAMETER written in a 14 line poem.
Rhyme
ABBA, ABBA, CDCDCD
Rhyme Scheme
The beats give dahDUM dahDUM dahDUM
pattern, with the stress on the second syllable.
Genre
The genre of the poem is Petrarchan Sonnet.
Analysis of THE Poetic
Devices
(Figures of Speech, Sound Devices and
Sensory Details)
Personification
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
Simile
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
Metaphor
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
Consonance
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
Assonance
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.
Allusions
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.
Exploration of
Themes and Symbols
Themes
The major themes of the poem are:
Nature
Materialism
Loss
Symbols
The sea
Winds and Flowers
Nature
COMPrehensive questions
1. Who do you think is the speaker of the poem?
2. What do you think is the main objective of the speaker
in the poem?
3. What is the tone of the poem?
4. What is the impact of the poem The World is Too Much
With Us to modern humans?
5. Why does Wordsworth feel that the world is too much
with us?
MY HEART
LEAPS UP
By William Wordsworth
Structure & Form
(Stanza, Meter, Rhyme, Rhyme Scheme,
Rhythm and Genre)
Stanza
The poem has a single stanza that consists of nine
lines (a nonet)
Meter
IAMBIC TETRAMETER
Rhyme
ABCCABCDE
Genre
LYRIC POEM
Analysis of THE Poetic
Devices
(Figures of Speech, Sound Devices and
Sensory Details)
Synecdoche & Personification
“My heart leaps up when I behold”.
Anaphora
The use of the word "So"
Allusion
An allusion to the rainbow of Noah.
Paradox
“The child is a father of the man;”
Symbolism
Rainbow
Natural piety
Imagery
