Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DELIGHT IN DISORDER, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A sweet disorder in the dress Last Line: Is too precise in every part. Variant Title(s): Sweet Disorder;the Poetry Of Dress (1) Subject(s): Art & Artists; Beauty; Clothing & Dress; Love; Sex | ||||||||
A SWEET disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness; A lawn about the shoulders thrown Into a fine distraction; An erring lace, which here and there Inthralls the crimson stomacher; A cuff neglectful, and thereby Ribbons to flow confusedly; A winning wave, deserving note, In the tempestuous petticoat; A careless shoestring, in whose tie I see a wild civility; -- Do more bewitch me than when art Is too precise in every part. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LIE DOWN WITH A MAN by TONY HOAGLAND ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER PORTRAIT WITH BROWN HAIR by DONALD JUSTICE NATIONAL NUDIST CLUB NEWSLETTER by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM BLACKOUT SONNETS by JOAN LARKIN SEX IS NOT IMPORTANT by JAN HELLER LEVI WHAT THE MAGDALENE SAW by TIMOTHY LIU A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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