Religious imagery - "I praise the Lord", "dry old hymns"
"Sunday, skilled in zealous verse" - sibilance
"her" being on it's own line emphasises her importance to him
describes her using fruits - "my peach of a woman", "rosy apple skin" - sweet, perfect
"me vegetarien diet" - vegetarians have everything but meat - they have everything but marriage - not keeping their relationship/love a secret
he's always trying to impress her - "dry old hymns I steal to please her", "I kneel to ease her"
"sweet riot" - paradox/oxymoron - he knows it's wrong but it feels right
Final Stanza - he can't control himself or his feelings for her
"efflorescence" - their love blooming/growing stronger
"let her name be secret for her husband's sake" - repetition of "her" here emphasis that she is the one who is married - they're having an affair?
"be sure my busy tongue keeps quiet" - he wants it to remain a secret but he has such strong feelings for her
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