What is the generic form of the poem Delight in Disorder Robert Herrick's - poem Delight in Disorder is a short yet beautiful celebration of imperfection He speaks about how small mistakes or disorder in clothing can be more attractive than perfectly arranged clothes This poem shows Herrick's love for the natural and the spontaneous The Generic Form of the PoemThe poem is a lyric poem which means it expresses the poet s feelings and thoughts It does not tell a story but rather focuses on the emotions or experiences of the speaker Herrick s choice of a lyric form allows him to share his personal thoughts about beauty and order The poem is also a sonnet which is a specific type of poem A sonnet usually has lines Herrick s sonnet is written in iambic tetrameter which means each line has eight syllables The rhyme scheme of this poem