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  • Essay / Pun in Stange Fits Of Passion - 820

    Words with hidden valuesWords can be used for many things such as describing, representing or disguising a person's thoughts or ideas. In a lyrical ballad called Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known by Williamworth, he does an excellent job of using different words to express many thoughts and ideas. This is why poetry is used as freedom of expression. Any poet can use wordplay to create and inspire readers to think and dig deep for a certain meaning or purpose. Wordsworth, I thought it was very good to use words to create a meaning different from what the words actually meant. His words, if looked at closely, could have meant a million and one different things. But just in the lover's ear, which happened to me once. (Wordsworth 3.4) These few lines from the first stanza of his poem are quite basic and don't give you much to think about. They provide the beginning of the poem and the basic tone or idea. The third line could represent some kind of secret that just one person could reveal to someone they really love or trust. With the fourth line, it is indicated that it was he who was entrusted with some sort of secret. The lines in the second stanza become a little more creative and give some good starting ideas. When she whom I loved looked every day Fresh as a rose in June, I told her cottage leaned across my path, under an evening moon. (Wordsworth 5-8) These lines are where the reader can now start to get creative and come up with possible ideas for what Worth is trying to say. It's pretty obvious that the first two lines are about the beauty of this girl that Worth is in love with. Then the next two lines interest me. The idea that came to me was that Worth was away from his lover doing something, but suddenly, for some reason, he had to drop what he was doing and go to her. I was able to think about it because “I headed towards his house” meant he had to change what he was doing. Then with "Under the Evening Moon" it could mean that he was in a hurry since he is traveling at night and couldn't wait for morning to arrive. With the fourth stanza, I got a little more creative with Worth's wordplay..