“The world is too much with us” means that —
a. the world is getting too large because of growing population
b. everyone needs a break from work now and then
c. there are too many things to buy and to choose from in this world
d. material concerns get in the way of people’s appreciation of deeper things

Respuesta :

"The world is too much with us" means that material concerns get in the way of people's appreciation of deeper things. 

The answer is D: material concerns get in the way of people’s appreciation of deeper things.

The world is usually metaphorically used, especially in philosophy, to mean the idea that we all make of the material and factual things that surround us and that are independent of one´s mind and will.

When the phrase above says that the world is too much with us, it is precisely pointing out the fact that sometimes the material things outside of us are deemed to important or pervasive and they stand on the way of a deeper and existential understanding of the world with the mind.