Samson Agonistes

Samson Agonistes - meaning Summary

Humor About Bodily Sensations

Nash humorously describes a small domestic surprise: a bath that feels fine to the touching finger but painfully cold to the body when sat upon. The poem registers the gap between expectation and bodily experience and frames it as comic wonder. Its economy and plain diction turn a trivial, slightly embarrassing moment into a wry observation about perception, anticipation, and the oddities of everyday life.