What curious dresses all men wear!
The walker you met in a brown study,
The President smug in rotogravure,
The mannequin, the bathing beauty.

The bubble-dancer, the deep-sea diver,
The bureaucrat, the adulterer,
Hide private parts which I disclose
To those who know what a poem knows.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Delmore Schwartz's poem What Curious Dresses All Men Wear

1 Comment

  1. Jay says:

    I’ve seen Men in skirt’s with no problem’s so the next step is men in dresses sjut as women waer pants jeans what have you with no problem and have now for quite some time. When are men going to be allowed to be free and dress as they want to. Count me in on this Revelution:. Jay!,.

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