The rope may also stand as a metaphor for suicide frustration, as it is common for one to commit suicide by hanging themselves by a rope. On the other hand, the maid could possibly be speaking of a repressed sexual desire. The maid says "All day I think of her " concluding with saying "her rope ". This indicates that regardless of their social divisions, the maid feels tied towards the mistress through the pearl necklace. A rope is closely related to a type of attachment or bondage. This can lead the reader to contemplate whether or not this is a statement of longing and lust, as the maid clearly feels this close proximity towards the mistress as she takes a part of the mistress with her everywhere she goes all day long. "Warming Her Pearls " is a work that is structured into a series of six, quatrain stanzas. The poem is read in iambic pentameter, where each line contains five feet and ten syllable stresses. The fact that this poem is organized into such a structured piece could hint at the fact that the maid's life is one of strict order. She is responsible for being neat and organized, for cleaning the house and preparing her mistress for an evening out on a rigid schedule. The structure of the poem reflects her day to day job. .
Although the maid faces the humbling task of wearing her mistress' pearls every day, unbeknownst to the mistress, the maid is containing a secret. The pearls absorb the maid's body odor and thus prevents men from wanting to approach or date the mistress. "Picture her dancing with tall men, puzzled by my faint, persistent scent beneath her french perfume, her milky stones " (10-12). It is indecipherable to the reader whether or not the maid keeps this secret from her mistress because she is secretly seeking a vengeance, or if it is because she cannot bare the idea of her mistress being linked with somebody else romantically. What is interesting is that the poem does not include any real conversation or mention of social interaction between the mistress and the maid.
