Critical Analysis of "The World Is Too Much with Us"

"The world is too much with us is a statement about conflict between nature and humanity." I agree with this statement to a large extent because that is exactly the main premise of the poem written by William Wordsworth. The conflict in essence, is the one where the human race no longer appreciates nature and instead exploits it for their own material gain. However, the third sentence within the passage is only half correct. I say this because it starts off sensibly enough, i.e. "He longs for a simpler time..." This is very true. It indeed is. However, the author then proceeds to say, "...when the progress of humanity was tempered by the restriction nature imposed." My reason for disagreeing with this section is that in the olden days, nature was worshipped by the Pagans who were in turn, often ostracized by the rest of the community because of their beliefs. Nature did not impose any restrictions. Rather, decisions were based upon it because of the human mind and instinct, not because nature conflicted with humanity.…