It's a Petrarchan sonnet. The first eight lines (octave) describe the problem and the next six-lines (sestet) give the solution. At least, that's the general idea of this verse form. The rhyme scheme here is abba abba cd cd cd (there are other forms, such as cde cde.)
He deplores the rise of industry and preoccupation with money which leads people to disregard the true wealth and beauty of nature. He says he'd rather be a pagan than worship money because then he'd have more uplifting visions. Shelley described Wordsworth's existence as one of "honoured poverty". Some people feel that the poem is angry and sarcastic - but I see it as despairing and resigned.
Wordworth didn't refuse money when it was offered to him, he wasn't that impractical. He got a sinecure as a Distributor of Stamps to provide him with a meagre livelihood, later an honorary pension of £300 a year and eventually the Laureate.
The portrait of Wordsworth was by William Shuter in 1798 which makes him 28 at the time. This poem was written about 5 years later.
Triton blowing in his wreathed horn is a detail from "The Birth of Venus" painted by William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1879. His groupies are a couple of Nereids or sea-nymphs and a cherub or seraph - it's hard to tell which. The painting is 10ft tall: Venus and her companions are life-size.
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