Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Wordsworth
- First Published: 1800
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nature, Rural or country life, Emotions, England or English people, Women, Death or dying, Prophecy or prophets, Moon or moons, Joy or sorrow, Night
The Poem
“Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known” is one of six short lyrics generally classified as the “Lucy poems.” William Wordsworth wrote all six between 1799 and 1801, and each speaks about a young woman or young girl who has died. (In “Lucy Gray,” it is a young girl who has died; in others, including “Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known,” Lucy is older and seems to be spoken of as a lover.) Whether Lucy represents a specific person in Wordsworth’s life is not known; the poet’s close friend Samuel Taylor Coleridge speculated that the poet may have been...
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