My thesis is that In Nuns fret not at their Convent's narrow room, Wordsworth describes the theme of confinement as something that is not negative, but as something that can be used in a constructive manner. In my first paragraph, I would use the examples in lines 1-4, where nuns' and hermits' confine themselves in order to find their own inner peace, and students confine themselves in order to build their own knowledge. This would refute my thesis because, even though all of these people are shutting themselves in various rooms and restricting their own movement, they do so in order to achieve something that they find important to their own personal welfare. In my second paragraph, I would describe how in Lines 6-7, bees are free to fly wherever they wish to, but they choose to confine themselves to foxglove bells because they find comfort in the food found there. This is again, a type of confinement, but one that satisfies hunger, a basic need of all creatures. Therefore, this confinement is also constructive.
In the third paragraph, I would describe how in lines 7-8 of the poem, Wordsworth himself claims that, “… the prison unto which we doom ourselves, no prison is.” This would be the main piece of evidence in my poem, because it directly describes that Wordsworth himself describes this imprisonment as something that is
not at all limiting, especially when one chooses it on their own. Wordsworth seems to feel that when we choose our own confinement, it gives us something to do and and provides us a good environment within which to progress and be constructive. I would conclude my piece with this evidence, because I feel
that it is the strongest piece of evidence in this poem that supports my thesis.
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