Furthermore, the tools of empiricist research, objective scientific observation, impose a distance between the observer and the subject. Perhaps because this is in direct opposition to the poet-muse relationship, which tends to be highly empathetic, Swift and Pope took an allegedly strong disliking to the rationale. Swift over-dramatizes learning from the senses, researching through observation and assessing human decay through its components. The evidence of Celia's decay is prevalent throughout the poem. To smooth the wrinkles on her front.
Wrinkles are indicative of aging, a natural decay and progression towards death.
Her offensive smell permeates through the room. Strephon uses his senses to observe Celia's things.