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Essay Instructions: Expand your DB posting of "The World is Too Much With Us." Address how the world is too much with you in the twenty-first century. Don't forget to use the poem as a reference. Make the poem personal.



The World is Too Much With Us
by William Wordsworth

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.

Essay Instructions: Option 1
“Highly structured poems such as William Wordsworth’s “The World is Too Much with Us,” or Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” do not adequately address the concept of ambivalence.”
~ Nu Ance


In a 2-3 page essay, defend or refute the above statement. A good essay will state Ms. Ance’s point of view, the opposing viewpoint and a supported, arguable thesis with concrete examples from either William Wordsworth’s The World is Too Much with Us” or Dylan Thomas’ Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” and Dr. John Briggs’ book, Fire in the Crucible. Your paper must have three documented sources: one from the poem of choice, one from Dr. Briggs’ book and one from your journal source.
Dr. Briggs "Fire in the Crucible"

Option 2

In a 2-page essay, argue the case that ambivalence and omnivalence are essential elements of the creative process. To support your argument, you must use the experience from one of the creative geniuses we have discussed in class and one quote from Dr. John Briggs’ book, Fire in the Crucible. A good essay will present an arguable thesis, the opposing viewpoint, and solid support of the thesis. Your paper must have two documented sources: one from Dr. Briggs’ book and one from an outside scholarly journal.

abnivalence= conflict of consciousness
omnivalence- something that moves u forward.

Essay Instructions: Write a two page research essay on one of the following topics. Analyze the poem and use the internet to cite information on the accompanying topics and apply facts today to the poem. (DO NOT USE ENCYCLOPEDIAS.) Use at least four sources from the internet. Two of the four sources may be critiques of the poems. Write in third person using APA style. Do not forget the Reference Page. Use the conventions of writing poetry from LWP on pp. 444-445. The 100 pt. grade will be based on six pts. per source(24 pts.), 21 pts. APA style, 30 pts. mechanics, 25 pts. poem analysis and accompanying facts. The grade will count twice. This paper is due by on Thursday evening, Sept. 15 . This paper MUST be submitted on-time so that the papers can be graded and grades averaged.

Choose ONE topic: A Fast Paced Society and "The World is Too Much With Us" by William Wordsworth (p.486),War Today and "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen (pp. 513-514) or "Poverty Among the Elderly" and "The Bean Eaters" by Gwendolyn Brooks (p. 528).

Essay Instructions: Write a two pages,well organized essay on one of the following six topics. Choose any two of the literary works. The literary works are:1. Frost, ''The road not Taken 2. Joyce,''Araby'' 3.Housman,''When I was one and twenty'' 4. Cullen, ''Incident'' 5. Hawthorne,''Young Goodman Brown'' 6. Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 7. Hopkins,''God's Grandeur'' 8. Blake,London'' 9.Brooks, We Real Cool'' 10.Wordsworth,''The World Is too much with us.Write a paper comparing and contrasting how the two works represent one of the following themes, motifs,or topics:
1.Pride and/or vanityy.
2.The opposite of pride(or vanity) and humility.
3. The fall from innocence.
4.The nature of good and evil.
5.One of the following social topics(1) gender difference, (2) economic class,(3)racial identity,(4) culture identity.
6.The divine(or the sacred,or God).
7.Ignorance and knowledge.
8.The relationship between either(1)nature and the human person,or (2.) nature and civilization(or society ,or the human world).