Strange fits of passion have I known Questions

Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.

  1. Is this a love poem? How can you tell?
  2. Is the speaker happy? How can you tell?
  3. Why, in stanza one, does the speaker say that he'll only talk to a lover about this experience?
  4. What's the importance of the moon to this poem?
  5. How does the poem's regular form and rhyme scheme affect the way you read it?