Williamworth rejected all traditional assumptions about the appropriate style, words, and subject of a poem during the Romance period. In explaining his writing, Worth declared: "There will be I found in these volumes little of what is usually called poetic diction; I have taken as much pains to avoid it as others usually take to produce it" (Marshall) Because he took such a different approach to his writing, many people have criticized his poems. Literary critic Harold Bloom said: "The fear of mortality haunts much of Ofworth's best poetry, notably in. which concerns the premature mortality of the imagination and the loss of its creative joy." Worth actually expresses the fear of mortality in the poems The World is Too Much with Us, London, 1802, The Prelude and Lines Composed a Few. kilometers above Tintern Abbey To begin with, Worth shows the fear of mortality throughout the lines of the poem The World is Too With Us. He explains that we continue. waste our lives by worrying only about material things. Once we start worrying more about money, we are doomed! The speaker asserts that our obsession with “getting and spending” has made us insensitive to the beauties of nature. “Get and spend” refers to the consumer culture that accompanied the industrial revolution and was the devil incarnate. (Shmoop Editorial Team) We lose our chances to do better and accomplish things when we give our hearts away because we are fascinated by love. Soon we become blind to what really matters in life and distance ourselves from nature. We take the little things in life for granted and fall out of tune. Additionally, London, 1802worth also expresses the fear of mortality. To begin with, he refers to Milton, ...... middle of paper ......Web. March 10, 2014. .Notari, Debbie. "London, 1802 byworth." Educational portal. Educational portal, nd Web. March 10, 2014. Phillips, Jonathan. “Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey.” GradeSaver.com. Grade Saver LLC, nd Web. March 10, 2014. .Rush, Tayna. "The Prelude: Williamworth - Summary and critical analysis." BachelorandMaster.com. Np, and Web. March 10, 2014. Shmoop editorial team, ed. “The world is too much with us.” Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc, nd Web. March 10. 2014. .