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"The World Is Too Much with Us" is a Petrarchan sonnet written by William Wordsworth. Its first eight lines (the octet) pose a question or problem, and its last six lines (the sestet) give a response or solution. The problem in this sonnet's octet is that humanity has lost its respect for and connection with nature. In the sestet, how does Wordsworth propose to address this problem?

Answer: He wishes that he had been born a pagan so that he would have learned a different way of seeing nature.

Explanation:

Hi, to address the problem he proposes an impossible solution. He wishes he could have been raised as a poor pagan connected with nature, so he could see it in a different way, as the action of ancient gods such as Proteus and Triton, and feel less forlorn.

He thinks that nature gives spiritual pleasure and enjoyment

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He wishes that he had been born a pagan so that he would have learned a different way of seeing nature.

Explanation:

In this story, the author has given his story in an iambic nature. Therefore when talking of the sonnets, it is a poem that has 14 lines that have an Italian origin from an Italian poet. Sonnets can be classified into different categories. There are those with eight tracks, while others have six strings. The ones with eight lines are used to raise a problem and solve it while the ninth line changes the direction of the shift called the turning of the poem.