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.