Comment on the figures of speech used in Delight in Disorder In Robert Herrick's - poem Delight in Disorder the poet explores the idea that small imperfections can be beautiful He praises the charm in disorderly clothes The poem is full of figures of speech that make it interesting and lively Let's look at these figures of speech and understand their role Personification The poet uses personification when he says Kindles in clothes a wantonness Here wantonness a playful or mischievous quality is made to seem alive as if clothes can start it This gives the clothes a lively almost magical quality Metaphor Another figure of speech is metaphor For example An erring lace which here and there enthrals the crimson stomacher The lace is compared to something that can enthrall or captivate the stomacher giving it a sense of action The lace is not just a piece of cloth