The Good Morrow Sex Quotes

It's kinda creepy, but some of the sexual innuendo in this poem is linked to children. Whaaaat? We know, but think about it. Children are the product of sex, and once they're alive and squalling, they breastfeed. Plus, kids are naturally self-centered and focused on the pursuit of pleasure. Ever see a toddler with a cupcake? Yeah, well you don't want to. Get a room, already!

In addition to providing a super-smutty pun, "country" also associates sex with a rustic bumpkin way of life. Contrast these crude pleasures with the expansive love in stanza 2 that makes their bedroom "an everywhere."

Way to kill three birds with one allusion. By mentioning the Seven Sleepers, the speaker associates his former life with (1) children, (2) boredom, and (3) fear. Children and boredom make sense—mindless sex can be immature and boring—but what's this with fear? Could sex without love be scary? Is this fear of commitment? Fear that things will end? Fear that you care too much or not enough?

You know how when you see the movie of a book you've already read, the actors' faces completely supersede your own imagination? Suddenly Jennifer Lawrence is Katniss Everdeen. The same goes for true love versus sex. Compared to the sincerity and electricity of the speaker's current relationship, all previous sex seems to melt away.

He continues this thought in the final two lines, promising his lover: all those earlier babes he scored? Those were as insubstantial as a dream. Now he's awakened to the real thing. The takeaway? Sex isn't real unless there's love too.