Chapter-2 THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US POEM BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH based MCQs for Third Year Foundation Course English

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTER BUILDING BOOK for third year Author By Dr. Neha Mathur

STANZA I first eight lines (octave) LINE 1 TO 8 based on ABBA ABBA rhyme scheme
[A] The world is too much with us; late and soon,
[B] Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
[B] Little we see in Nature that is ours;
[A] We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
[A] This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
[B] The winds that will be howling at all hours,
[B] And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
[A] For this, for everything, we are out of tune;

STANZA II last six lines (sestet) LINE 9 TO 14 based on CDCD CD rhyme scheme
[C] It moves us not. Great God! I'd rather be
[D] A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
[C] So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
[D] Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
[C] Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
[D] Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

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WORD MEANING

S.No.	WORD	HINDI	MEANING
1-	Bares	स्पष्ट	Open to view
2-	Blow	आघात	Give out sound
3-	Boon	वरदान	Blessing
4-	Bosom	आलिंगन	Protective Centre
5-	Creed	संप्रदाय	Formula for religious belief
6-	Forlorn	लाचार	Unhappy
7-	Glimpses	झलक	Very brief
8-	Hearts	उत्साह	Most Important
9-	Howling	गरजना	Utter a loud
10-	Late	भूतपूर्व	Near the End point
11-	Lay	साझा	Cause to be in a particular condition
12-	Lea	चरागाह	A tract of open ground
13-	Little	अल्प मात्रा	Not at all
14-	Moves	प्रयास	To prompt
15-	Out of Tune	बेसुरापन	Not in Musical Harmony
16-	Outworn	जीर्ण	Out-of-Date
17-	Pagan	काफिर	Irreligious
18-	Pleasant	सुहावना	Pleasing
19-	Powers	क्षमता	Ability to do
20-	Proteus	बहुरूपधारी	Sea God: son of Oceanus and Tethys, having ability to assume many forms
21-	Sight	दृश्य	VIsion
22-	Sordid	अनैतिक	Degraded
23-	Spending	खर्च	Use completely
24-	Suckled	पोषण करना	To nourish
25-	Triton	समुद्र का‍ भगवान	God: Son of Poseidon and Amphitrite having the head and trunk of a man and tail of a fish
26-	Up gathered	इकट्ठा	Come together into one place
27-	Vital	महत्वपूर्ण	Having remarkable energy
28-	Waste	बर्बादी	Without adequate return
29-	Wayward	निरंकुश	Irregular
30-	Willow	धुनकी	Shrub of the genus Salix
31-	Wreathed	घिरा हुआ	Any Ornamental Work

MCQs based on this Poem

WHERE WAS POET WILLIAM WORDSWORTH BORN?

Cockermouth, Cumberland Lake District NORTHERN ENGLAND

When was poet born?

7 April 1770

The poem 'The World Is Too Much with Us' is written by:

William Wordsworth

The poem criticizes the lackness of society for:

Spirituality

The overall tone of poem can be said:

Melancholic and critic

Title, "The World Is Too Much with Us," of this poem suggests that the speaker feels overwhelmed by:

The beauty and abundance of the natural world

The speaker believes that modern society's focus on materialism caused humans to:

Become disconnected from nature

The poem can be seen as a critique of:

Industrialization and urbanization

The speaker's desire to be "a pagan" in order to:

Reconnect with nature and its forces

The speaker blames to the people for their:

Inability to find inner peace

The speaker believes that the people of world has:

Become too focused on materialism

The speaker wishes to be "sailing" means to:

Escape the troubles of the world

The speaker believes that he would find more joy in:

A simple life close to nature

The "Sea" mentioned in the poem indicates:

The vastness of the world

The speaker accuses humanity of:

Ignoring the beauty of the world

The "Neptune" mentioned in the poem means:

Roman god of the sea

The word "gods" symbolize in the poem:

Ancient deities worshipped by pagans

The speaker feels that humans have lost touch with:

Their emotions

The phrase "Proteus rising from the sea" in the poem refers to:

A mythical creature with shapeshifting abilities

The "Great God" referred in the poem is associated with:

Paganism

The speaker belongs to be more connected with:

Natural achievements

The phrase "late and soon" in the first line refers to:

Past and future

"The world is too much with us" is a:

Sonnet divided in Octat and Sestet

Who was William Wordsworth?

Wordsworth was Britain's Romantic and Critque Poet Laureate from 1843 to 1850.

How was wordsworth died?

William Wordsworth died of pleurity .

Where was poet buried?

Wordsworth was buried at St. Oswald's Church in Gras-mere

When was the poet debuted?

He debuted in 1787 by publish a sonnet in European Magazine

In which form the poet like to published?

Lyrical Ballads in 1798 with Samuel Taylor Coleridge

According to poet, the world is absorbed by:

materialism

The correct rhyme scheme of the Sestet in the poem is:

CDCD CD

The correct rhyme scheme of the Octave in the poem is:

ABBAABBA