Earth Forgotten Poetry has always been a powerful way of communicating society’s feelings, concerns, and discomforts without directly stating their inspiration. A good example of such poetry is William Wordsworth’s “The world is too much with us”. This poem expresses concern and disgust for the shameless destruction of our environment and society’s indifference towards it. It is poems like this one that can not be overlooked even as time goes by, since …showed first 75 words of 595 total…

…showed last 75 words of 595 total…environment, how everyone understands and acknowledges the problem they face, and yet few are the ones that take action to counter its devastating results. It is not surprising why Wordsworth prefers to be a Pagan over contemplating earth’s destruction, but unwilling to ignore the problem, writes this poem, so he can at least let other people know about why he feels this way, and why something must be done, and must be done soon.