leaves women stuck in their habits; it suggests an addiction to their daily routines. The strategy Wilbur
             uses in this poem is to take every activity universally associated with most women and make it sound as disgusting and unattractive as possible. As one reads through the poem, the speaker continues down his list of activities women like to do. For women into gardening, he describes their activity as, "...planting a raucous bed/Of slavia, in rubber gloves" (lines 5-6). Rather than depicting gardening in an appealing way, the speaker uses the word raucous to make gardening look and sound rough and hoarse. He also makes those who read romantic stories look as if they have no life stating that his lover could be "lunching through a screed of someone's loveWith pitying head" (lines 7-8). Those who engage themselves in these types of activities seem to be wasting their time, according to the s
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