Strange Fits of Passion Essay -- Literary Analysis, Shakespeare

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact. William Shakespeare, Mid-Summer Nights Dream, 1595, this quote by Shakespeare is a definitive illustration of Wordsworths persona in his poem Strange Fits of Passion I have known. In the poem the speaker embarks on a moonlight horse ride to his lover lucys cottage it is during his ride there that the speaker engages in lunatic concepts imagining lucy being dead when he arrives to entrance her. The poem is uniquely characterized by the adverse effects of love on a person, as well as how nature has an effect on military man emotion the latter being a staple theme in many of Wordsworths literary pieces.In the first stanza the speaker begins to vocalize the thought he had experienced while travelling to his lovers cottage. Strange fits of passion have I known And I will dare to tell, besides in the Lovers ear alone, What once to me befell.The speaker descr ibes his sudden outburst of emotion as strange as he is keenly aware(predicate) that his thoughts of lucy being dead are peculiar. It is common that when in love a person may pay heed to their imagination moreso than reality The line tho in the Lovers ear alone(Line three) is the speaker saying that he will share his strange thoughts but only to those who, like him, are in the throes of passion for they would understand the affects love can have on a person Wordsworth is known for his references to nature in many of his poems , the second stanza in this poem doesnt stray from that commonality. When she I loved looked every day Fresh as a rose in June, I to her cottage dead set(p) my way, ... ...n his chest.The final stanza at last reveals the speakers thoughts that have been accumulating throughout the poem. What fond and wayward thoughts will slide Into a Lovers school principal O mercy to myself I cried, If Lucy should be deadAppalled at this final revelation it is apparent that the speaker has experienced similar thoughts and that sometimes despite great efforts your imagination can steer your thoughts to the contrary of rational thinking What fond and wayward thoughts will slide ( Line 25) Into a Lovers head (Line 26). Strange fits of passion is another poem by Wordsworth that uses nature as a medium when conveying human emotion but provides a unique portrayal of the absurdities of emotional experience that can evolve from passionate love.