Daily Inspiration Quote by Cole Porter

Porter turns infatuation into a verbal cocktail: fizzy, sweet, and just a little dangerous. "It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely" works because it sounds like pure surrender while quietly flexing total control. The line is built on a triple hit of d-words, each more decadent than the last, like someone stacking indulgences and daring you to call it too much. Then comes the trick: "de-lovely" is not simply "lovely". It's a pun that lets Porter smuggle in sophistication and irony at the exact moment a lesser lyricist would go earnest.

The intent is seduction, but not the sweaty, confessional kind. This is romance as performance: someone flirting with language itself, showing off that they can make desire feel effortless while engineering every syllable. "Delightful" suggests charm and manners; "delicious" makes the attraction bodily; "de-lovely" snaps it back into style, implying a lover who’s impressed not just by the person, but by the cleverness of wanting them.

Context matters: Porter wrote for an era when popular song was a battleground between propriety and appetite. He specialized in getting away with things - couching erotic charge in wit, turning taboo into sparkle. The subtext is that pleasure is best when it’s curated, when the speaker can keep one eyebrow raised even while falling headlong. The line doesn’t deny sincerity; it just refuses to be caught without a well-tailored joke.