tb+smitten

//Smittem// 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.

Good job linking the definition back to the poem.