Clothing
Symbol Analysis
Well, this poem's called "Upon Julia's Clothes," not "Upon
Julia," so it's her clothes we should be paying attention to, right? And
these clothes are strange. They're liquefying, glittering, vibrating, you name it. No wonder they're so compelling.
Line
1: The speaker starts to describe what happens when Julia wears silks.
But this raises the question: would he be so interested in her if she
weren't wearing silks? What happens when "in cottons my Julia goes"?
Lines
2-3: The Speaker...
