`Delilah' is a confession by the biblical character Delilah, detailing how and why she cut off Samson's hair, the key to his strength. The poem is in the form of a dramatic monologue reminiscent of a court testimony. She uses actual factual statements, `we were in bed', to remain unemotional. She attempts to keep her confession factual to make it as convincing as possible, she is trying to manipulate. Her tone is neutral so she reveals as little as possible emotionally. She does however use emotive adjectives near the end, `deliberate, passionate hands', suggesting that she has let her guard down, revealing her feelings. She may also be suggesting that it was a crime of passion. Her...