The "dresser of deal" described in this work's second stanza is meant to evoke the hard financial circumstances of the woman being looked at by the speaker, as is the description of her feet as "horny," meaning calloused. Usually understood to describe a wake in Key West, th
The "dresser of deal" described in this work's second stanza is meant to evoke the hard financial circumstances of the woman being looked at by the speaker, as is the description of her feet as "horny," meaning calloused. Usually understood to describe a wake in Key West, this work sees the title character as the "muscular one" and the "roller of big cigars." For 10 points, name this much-anthologized short poem in which the title character is "bid…[to] whip in kitchen cups concupiscent curds" to create the title dessert, a work of Wallace Stevens.
The "dresser of deal" described in this work's second stanza is meant to evoke the hard financial circumstances of the woman being looked at by the speaker, as is the description of her feet as "horny," meaning calloused.
“The {Emperor} of {Ice Cream}”