Wordsworth's poem, "The World is too Much For Us" is a Petrarchan sonnet and as such it has 14 lines that follow the abbaabbacdcdcd rhyme scheme. The poem also displays another characteristic of the Petrarchan sonnet because it is written in iamic pentameter meaning that it has 5 syllables that are stressed in each line. In the first four lines of the poem William Wordsworth begins to express his opinion against leading a life that focuses on economics and commerce. He criticizes the way people spend and spend, but leave little time to notice what is right in front of them which is nature (god's gift). Spending meant that people were making money, which also meant that people were working long and hard for these wages. People sacrificed their