How my previous blog supports my thesis

Last week I wrote about William Wordsworth’s, ‘Nuns fret not at their Convent’s narrow room.’ My thesis for this poem evolved around the motifs behind his poem, which I proclaimed were freedom and confinement.  In my first paragraph I discussed confinement that was clearly depicted in lines 1 through 4. The evidence I used were those particular lines where confinement was a room, cell, or citadel. Then I backed up my evidence with well reasoned explanations. The analogies the poet used were each related to one another. Afterwards I made an observation where a being was confined to his/her  job, not a room as was clearly explained in the  first few lines.  That, I felt, was a significant change in comparisons. Next I linked how Wordsworth described confinement with images that he depicted in the poem. The beauty of Fox Gloved Bells, which I explained was the confined space for bees, was seen as a symbol for all of solitary confinement. Which like the poem’s title suggest, nuns do not fret about what they are imprisoned too. Imprisonment may be beautiful so why is everyone else so opposed to it and why is it seen as a negative thing.

In my second paragraph I brought out my second motif for the poem which is freedom. I believe that Wordsworth was relating confinement with freedom. That being, restriction was by choice of freedom. I presented evidence by quoting lines 12 through 14 of the poem. My conclusion of it was that he offers a solution which is what the couplet usually does  at the end of the poem. That was the explanation I used to support my idea and I believe it served it justice. Another explanation I used was that Wordsworth wanted to put a stop to these poets who did not follow structured sonnets. In addition Wordsworth’s solution to this problem ultimately ended the poem.

William Wordsworth's 'Nun's fret not at their Convent's narrow room'

Confinement and freedom are the motifs behind William Wordsworth’s poem, ‘Nuns fret not at their Convent’s narrow room.’  During the first few verses of the poem, Wordsworth compares human beings to their choice of confinement. Nuns to their convent, students to their citadels, and hermits to their cells. However, in line 4 the motif between comparisons change. Instead of a person being in confinement within a room, it is now an object having to do with one’s occupation. Wordsworth uses confinement with, “Maids at the Wheel, the Weaver at his Loom.” What can be thought of in this verse is that it’s a Maids and Weavers job to be at the wheel and Loom; an obligation for compensation. Whereas in the previous lines solitary confinement was by choice. Also in the fifth and sixth line the poet refers to confinement as a sense of freedom. He uses, “Bees that soar for bloom, high as the highest Peak of Furness Fells.” To me a bee soaring in the sky symbolizes freedom yet, all bees return to their hives, their home ,which like a nun’s, is a room. Imagery changes too in the seventh line. Foxglove bells can be vividly depicted by the reader. This particular image of a flower changes the way confinement looks, the poet suggest that it is beautiful. 

Throughout the last verses of the poem Wordsworth gives a solution to the negativities of freedom; restriction. He compares his restricted area to a structured sonnet. He then goes on to question other poets whom he refers to as, “Souls,” claiming that there must be some in existence. He suggests that they follow a structured sonnet, like himself, because it’s sure to get rid of writers block, an ordeal many poets and writers often face. The main motif behind Wordsworth’s poem is restriction and everyone should write structured sonnets because freedom only halts a poets capabilities. 

Structure of a Tweet, Sonnet and Novel

       In a tweet readers get to know what people are doing at a certain time of day. It's brief, concise, waste no time and has no complex form. However, the way it is perceived may be different. Everyone reads in a certain tone and way. A simple tweet could be over thought differently than what it is originally intended to be.  Whereas in a sonnet everything is structured language is used properly and it’s up to the reader to analyze the meaning of the poem. A sonnet is also different in ways so that it’s written as a story with structured language and syntax. It has a structure that has to be diligently followed. However, today people don’t often watch themselves following the Shakespearean structure. Instead they use slang and abbreviations for long words that seem to take too much of our breath away. In a novel it is nothing like a sonnet. Similar only in that they both tell a story, it doesn’t rhyme. Its more like the reader is following the story as it occurs. Also novels are longer than sonnets so that there is time to develop a plot, climax and give closure to the story. 

In Petrarch’s sonnet XXV the rhyming words that correlate to the structure are neither antonyms nor synonyms. However, they are used in a way so that the ending words rhyme and are still consistent within the verse. Petrarch enables the last words to rhyme while still making the verse understandable and consistent with his story. In the couplet Petrarch uses the ending words, “strong,” and “long.” Besides rhyming, I feel that there is a link between strong and long. Strong meaning strength and long meaning length. Together both of these words produce endurance, which is what their love will always be. Thus the couplet also gives closure to the poem and everything is settled.