This is an analysis of The Sonnet I by William Wordsworth.

NUNS fret not at their convent's narrow room,
   And hermits are contented with their cells,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabbacddcXd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111110101 1101010011 1100110100 1101010101 1111011111 1101010101 11010100111 0101010111 0111001111 1101111001 1001010101 1011111110 11101011100 1111011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

at, their

Anaphora

and