Delight in Disorder

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"Delight in Disorder" is a well-known 17th-century lyric poem by Robert Herrick that celebrates the charming beauty found in slight imperfection and disorder.

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instanceOf lyric poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Robert Herrick ⓘ
authorBirthName Robert Herrick ⓘ
authorBirthYear 1591 ⓘ
authorDeathYear 1674 ⓘ
authorNationality English ⓘ
centralIdea slight disorder can enhance beauty ⓘ
contrastBetween art and nature ⓘ
precision and spontaneity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
criticalReception frequently anthologized in English literature collections ⓘ
culturalContext English Renaissance lyric tradition ⓘ
famousLine A sweet disorder in the dress ⓘ
Do more bewitch me than when art / Is too precise in every part ⓘ
firstPublicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
focus sensuous appreciation of minor flaws ⓘ
visual details of clothing ⓘ
form short lyric ⓘ
genre love poetry ⓘ
imageryType tactile imagery ⓘ
visual imagery ⓘ
includedIn Hesperides ⓘ
influenceOn later discussions of the beauty of imperfection ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice alliteration ⓘ
enjambment ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
oxymoron ⓘ
paradox ⓘ
literaryMovement Cavalier poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod 17th century ⓘ
literaryReputation one of Robert Herrick’s best-known poems ⓘ
meter irregular iambic meter ⓘ
originalCollectionPublicationYear 1648 ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
philosophicalAspect preference for naturalness over artifice ⓘ
poeticSpeaker first-person observer ⓘ
rhymeScheme irregular ⓘ
studiedIn courses on 17th-century English poetry ⓘ
courses on lyric poetry ⓘ
subjectMatter a woman’s dress and appearance ⓘ
theme aesthetics of spontaneity ⓘ
beauty in imperfection ⓘ
disorder and charm ⓘ
tension between order and freedom ⓘ
tone lightly ironic ⓘ
playful ⓘ

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