Poem Response #2

The world is too much with us; late and soon,

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;—

Little we see in Nature that is ours;

We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!

This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;

The winds that will be howling at all hours,

And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;

For this, for everything, we are out of tune;

It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be

A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;

So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,

Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;

Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.

The first thing that came to my mind while reading this poem for the first time was the this poem was speaking about the world or society and how corrupt it is. After reading this a second and third time, I was able to realize more of what the poem is actually saying. It's describing the features of nature that we take that for granted every day.  We ignore the wonderful breezes and the winds that are provided to us everyday. We don't appreciate the sea and all the power and beauty that it contains. And because of this he says, "we are out of tune; it moves us not."  Most people just don't "get it."
Basically what I got out of it is that the speaker is complaining that the world is so overwhelming and we as people don't appreciate it as we should. We are so concerned about the little things such as money and time that we use up most to all of our energy. People, or should I rather say humans are loosing their connection to nature. The themes that are present in this poem are Man and Nature, Sadness, and development. The speaker is also criticizing people that don't deserve this world. It explains how people get wealthy, work and earn money and spend. And after a while, we as humans loose our youth and we take it for granted. 

After reading this poem, it left a positive feeling on my chest. It made me think of how we all need to live life like its our last day everyday and don't take life for granted. This poem is great because it opens the readers eyes to things we may not pay attention to in life