smitten



**smit⋅ten**
//**–adjective**//
 * < **1.** ||< struck, as with a hard blow. ||


 * < **2.** ||< grievously or disastrously stricken or afflicted. ||


 * < **3.** ||< very much in love. ||

This word is used in this poem to exemplify that many tricks are thrown at your as you try to love someone else.