STANGER Fits of Passion I Have Known is a semi-autobiographical poem by the Romantic poet William Wordsworth. Written in 1789, the poem depicts the image of a moonlit ride through the countryside to the cottage of his lover, Lucy. During the journey, Wordsworth explores the sentimental feelings that accompany (his) feeling of love is written in ballad form; Wordsworth purposely wrote his poem in a simple way and directed to contrast the elevated language of other poets of this period, in an attempt to bring out the reader's emotions. As a result, the poem becomes relatable allowing all readers to identify with Wordsworth's state of feelings in one way or another 'other. The seven-stanza poem has an ABAB rhyme scheme and is an iambic tetrameter and an iambic trimeter respectively: the first and third lines of each stanza have four emphasized syllables while the second and fourth lines have only three. This rhythmic structure gives the reader a sense of the pace at which Wordsworth is moving on this journey. This particular poem is classified in a series of five poems by Wordsworth called the "Lucy Poems" which explore the ideals of beauty, love, and death. Lucy Gray was believed to be loosely based on Wordsworth's sister Dorothy, although there is speculation among literary scholars that "The only certainty is that she [the women in STRANGE ACTS OF PASSION I HAVE KNOWN] is not the girl of Wordsworth's Lucy Gray". is evident in the first line as it implies that the woman is his lover. In the first stanza Wordsworth attempts to describe his "strange fits of passion" (line one), which would generally be difficult to define or understand in any ordinary context. Wordsworth addresses this issue in line two at......middle of the paper......Critical Synopsis Online Education. January 30, 2011 .Hayden, John O. William Wordsworth: Selected Poems. Penguin Classics, 1994.SparkNotes Editors. SparkNotes: Wordsworth Poem: "I have known strange fits of passion." January 30, 2011 .Wikipedia Contributors. I have known strange attacks of passion: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. May 27, 2010. January 30, 2011 .—. Lucy's poems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. January 8, 2011. January 30, 2011 .Wordsworth, William. "I have known strange fits of passion." Wordsworth, William. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 8. Norton, W. W. & Company, 2006.