What is this poem about?

Question

DELIGHT IN DISORDER.

by Robert Herrick

A SWEET disorder in the dress

Kindles in clothes a wantonness :

A lawn about the shoulders thrown

Into a fine distraction :

An erring lace which here and there

Enthrals the crimson stomacher :

A cuff neglectful, and thereby

Ribbons to flow confusedly :

A winning wave (deserving note)

In the tempestuous petticoat :

A careless shoe-string, in whose tie

I see a wild civility :

Do more bewitch me than when art

Is too precise in every part.

Answer 1

This is about a guy that finds a certain satisfaction in seeing a woman dressed carelessly. More so, anyway, than one dressed in a precise manner.

It probably has to do with a person not taking themselves so seriously, to have the ability to go with the flow and not be so rigid in style and form, wouldn't you agree?

Answer 2

It's true, this dude gets turned on by seeing a lady a bit "disheveled" - he sees a woman with messy hair or a "careless shoe string" or a neglectful cuff and his imagination goes wild and he starts fantasizing - like, "did she just have a quickie?"

But it's not that he prefers seeing a completely unkempt woman  - it's the thrill He gets from getting a peek at the other side of a woman, a more passionate side of the woman that is trying so hard  to look prim and proper...

Answer 3

gettin naked