Jayson's Vocab Lesson OR Lets be vague, shall we?

Today's vocab word is smitten. Now, I realize that most of you already know the word smitten, and, if you didn't, well...You will soon enough. I personally learned this word in 7th grade, became fond of it, and discussed it in humanities earlier today, when I noted to myself the peculiarity of the timing. The word is typically used in response to emotions: smitten with greif, anxiety, dread, love. (new paragraph) Let's examine the etymology and connotations, shall we? (new paragraph) The present tense of the term is smite. As in, to hit with a blunt object or (if one is God) to send wrath upon a particular person or people who are doing things horribly, horribly wrong. the past tense is smote. I rather enjoy the word smote, irrelevant though it is. I enjoy the idea of being smote by something like love, as if it were a piano made by acme corp that had fallen off the roof of a brownstone several stories high and smashed me to smithereens. (New paragraph) But I find this metaphor inaccurate, love really doesnt just fall from no where to smash someone to smithereens, rather...Well, I am reminded of a story i heard about the last of the Salem witch persecution death things. The last woman had a largish board placed on top of her person, and big heavy pianos filled with the tea that the colonists had stolen from the boston tea part were placed upon her slowly, crushing her as time wore on. I consider her smote. (new paragraph) Thus ends today's study of the word smite.