In context of the poem as a whole, we can infer that the word
“world” means
(A) society
(B) England
(C) the man-made world
(D) nature
(E) people


Passage 5. William Wordsworth, “Th e world is too much with us”
Th e 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!
Th is Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
Th e Winds that will be howling at all hours
And are up-gathered now like sleeping fl owers;
For this, for every thing, 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 coming from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.