<P> Wordsworth employs a strictly structured form, the Italian sonnet, which conforms to a set of strict conventions . As in many sonnets by the Romantic poets, he creates a tension between the emotional, natural, and fluid themes explored in the poem and the structured form of the sonnet . This tension reflects what was occurring during the Romantic Era, in which artists and poets were rebelling in the structured world of the neoclassical period . </P> <P> Employing the familiar with the new and revolutionary - Wordsworth uses the familiar structure of the sonnet as well as referring to familiar ancient Gods (in the authors context they would have been familiar) to persuade the reader to engage in a positive way to the concepts addressed . The unfamiliar or unknown is always feared and suppressed thus by incorporating the familiar with the revolutionary the reader in the 19th century is more likely to engage positively with Wordsworth's message . </P> <P> Repetition and rhyming scheme </P> <P> The repetitive rhyme scheme ABBAABBA, and the use of word pairs such as "getting and spending" and "late and soon" emphasises the monotonous nature of modern life and materialism . Getting and spending is a cluster of longer emphasised words with many consonants, also possibly emphasising this view . </P>

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