Circle the allusion in this sentence.
With all this rain, we will
have to build an ark if we
want to get to work today.

"with all this rain, we will have to build an ark"

Explanation:

Allusion is a figure of speech that refers to a place, an event, a person or even an item. They may be real, or imaginary. Referring to things that are fictitious, referring to myths, referring to religious manuscripts and even as much as folklore.

The references can be direct, and some others, indirect, it doesn't matter. Allusions are a way to bring the readers into the piece being read since a lot of people just read without necessarily being in the piece.

These being said, the allusion in the quoted text is

"with all this rain, we will have to build an ark"

And it is a reference to a religious manuscript.

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human