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Upon Julia's Clothes
by
Robert Herrick
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Upon Julia's Clothes
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Julia
Clothing
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Upon Julia's Clothes Symbolism, Imagery & Wordplay
There’s more to a poem than meets the eye.
Julia
Since the poem is called "Upon Julia's Clothes," we should expect to meet Julia. And she's quite the lady, or at least her clothes would suggest as much. In fact, we may meet Julia, but it's her ou...
Clothing
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, vibrat...
Liquid Imagery
"Upon Julia's Clothes" is a very liquidy poem. It uses all kinds of watery words to describe… clothing. Obviously, Julia's clothes aren't really liquid—how would that work? But it's not super d...
