tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post1008736922237939845..comments2023-11-29T08:37:13.272-08:00Comments on Dare I read?: a peachGlenn Ingersollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-45092441333484863712008-01-30T10:52:00.000-08:002008-01-30T10:52:00.000-08:00Good points, Jim. Fat. Crazy. Yeah. D, one of the ...Good points, Jim. Fat. Crazy. Yeah. <BR/><BR/>D, one of the ways the poet managed to keep you from being banged in the nose by the rhyme was his avoidance of end-stopped lines. One reads "kind to the eye" and "the tide of his past" rather than "kind. To the eye" and "the tide. Of his past"; the latter would make the rhyme obvious.Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-4535014370427942122008-01-30T07:15:00.000-08:002008-01-30T07:15:00.000-08:00I've gotten so used to poems not rhyming that I di...I've gotten so used to poems not rhyming that I didn't notice it did until you pointed it out. It helps that his rhymes weren't the obvious ones I'm used hearing in pop songs.David Lee Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960750033882386122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11088833.post-47420918832785952982008-01-30T06:54:00.000-08:002008-01-30T06:54:00.000-08:00This is where cultures collide. When I first read ...This is where cultures collide. When I first read "fruit" my mind jumped to "fruit cake" and I assumed that the narrator thought the café owner was a bit of a nutter, then "peach" suggested to me a great guy (as in peachy keen). The saying, “you're a real peach,” apparently originated from the tradition of giving a peach to the friend you liked. I didn't get the allusion to his being gay, fat perhaps.<BR/><BR/>It's an interesting poem – he certainly milks his metaphor dry – and I enjoyed your analysis. More blogs like this would go a long way to encouraging readers to take a little more time over reading poems.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com