I before e except after c, avoids omitting serial commas and NEVER EVER leaves a participle dangling. Those who choose to write are perhaps too familiar with these specific rules. Some are boring, others are almost impossible to remember, but they all help the author create lucid writing so that her point can be established. For poetry the situation is no different. There are various modules to choose from, versatile counters to follow the reader, and the ability to layer information to gradually make a point. Some forms can be generous in what they allow the author to do, and in William Wordsworth's “Nuns Fret Not” the author admits that forms can be restrictive in terms of meter, rhyme, and length. This does not mean he is immobile though, Wordsworth is able to fine-tune the rules and in doing so proves his main point: limits need not necessarily be seen in a negative light; when used correctly, boundaries can be both challenging and provide comfort instead of misery. Wordsworth shows the possibility of finding freedom in his poetry by choosing to write according to the rules of the Italian sonnet. What makes an Italian sonnet unique is the division and pattern of its rhyme scheme. It is usually structured in an ABBA, ABBA, CDE, CDE pattern and divided into two main parts, the octave (the first eight verses) and the sestet (the last six). The meter of “Nuns” can be labeled iambic pentameter, but along with the meter, the poem differs from the norm in two other ways. The first difference is in the rhyme scheme. In a typical Italian sonnet, the sextet follows the CDE, CDE scheme, in “Nuns” instead it follows the CDD, CCD scheme. It's minute, but it adds emphasis to the thirteenth line, which contains the second anomaly of the poem. All the lines of the poem have a... paper center... they share this dark mood, "for their needs must be", to read this poem and see that it is indeed possible to live within restrictions (line 12) . The author knew how to handle the rules of the sonnet and what's more notes that it's not that bad. The rules add guidance to what he is able to communicate to the reader, as well as giving his language an acuity that only a sonnet can provide. Without this structure the poem would not be as skillful, and the comfort it is trying to offer the reader would not be possible. By agreeing with the rules of the Italian sonnet and taking advantage of the space he has been allowed to use, Wordsworth not only creates a poem that is both coherent and intelligent, it leaves the reader with a sense of communion, of not being alone in the world. A brief moment of comfort is sometimes all you ask for, and "Nuns Fret Not" showed us how to get it.