Comments on: Do I dare to eat a peach?

By: David B

David B — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:55:27 +0000

The peach is a metaphor for a woman’s private part, need I say which one?

By: Louise

Louise — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:34:08 +0000

I have a peach on my left wrist because of this quote. Awesome….

By: Zolpidem.

Zolpidem. — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:47:25 +0000

Zolpidem fedex….

Zolpidem tartrate. Zolpidem overdose. Zolpidem….

By: sapere aude

sapere aude — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:06:27 +0000

Love this, TJ. Anyone who’s read Prufrock carefully will get it without a second thought. The universe is too big. But a peach? Of course I f-ing dare. And YUM.

By: carlly

carlly — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:52:58 +0000

I really want this as a tattoo, I’m glad it isn’t just me.

By: Tilly

Tilly — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:31:31 +0000

I just ADORE Eliot tattoos. ‘Love Song’ has been my favorite poem since I first read it in an anthology when I was 11, and I based my college application essay on the line ‘And indeed there will be time to wonder, ‘do I dare?’ and ‘do I dare?’
I’m planning on getting that tattooed somewhere. :)
To the owner of this specific tattoo – although some people are quite unimaginative, I love your tattoo. It’s certainly an underappreciated line, but the beauty of poetry is that certain lines mean something different to everyone. Obviously this means something important to you – and that’s all that matters! :)

By: somegirl

somegirl — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:04:55 +0000

If I saw a boy on the street with this tattoo I would kiss him

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:10:22 +0000

While poems are subject to personal interpretation, there is also a responsibility to try and glean the meaning the poet meant to get across.
So, two things MAUD:
1.The literal meaning of the line, by the very dint of your use of the word literal, is does he dare to eat a peach.
2.You are not and never will be a poet.

By: 502.25

502.25 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:47:57 +0000

I looked at the cards and at the first glimpse my impression was: a reflecting pool, or mirror perhaps. ,

By: chris

chris — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:20:39 +0000

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Do+I+dare+to+eat+a+peach

“Urban or Freudian allusion to a vulva. The juiciness, soft hair, and shape of the fruit obviously resemble the female vulva. Biting into a peach, with the consequent explosion of juices, is often invoked as a Freudian exposition of male (or female) libido.”

By: Maud

Maud — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:10:33 +0000

The literal meaning of this line is simply that, as he imagines himself growing old, he becomes afraid his digestive system will no longer handle a peach. You know, because of diarrhea. I love Eliot with these little jokes.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:13:43 +0000

Gorgeous! I love it, I have the line “Do I dare disturb the universe?” Tattooed around my ankle

By: misanthropope

misanthropope — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:58:52 +0000

a quote about being old and having bad teeth, and you inscribe this indelibly on your body?

“eat a peach” is of course also an euphemism. perhaps you are hoping to advertise not being afraid of a little herpes? quite the conversation starter.

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:53:04 +0000

I love this, it is the perfect ambiguous question.

I always thought I might use “Let us go then, you and I, when the evening is spread against the sky.” It would remind me of the possibility that every night presents.

By: Faith

Faith — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:11:02 +0000

If I were to get an excerpt from Prufrock tattooed on me, it would probably be “Do I dare, Disturb the universe?”

By: Everyone has cooler tattoos than me.

Everyone has cooler tattoos than me. — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:26:48 +0000

[...] his M83 inspired back tattoo). My girlfriend TJ has had her wrist tattoo put up; it’s ‘Do I dare to eat a peach?‘ from Prufrock and Other Observations, by T.S. Eliot. And it looks awesome. Hmm. Now that all [...]

By: M

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:11:14 +0000

I tattoo stuff like that into my phone, not on my arm. You should see the one i’ve got in there at the moment, definitely not one for the arm.

By: TJ

TJ — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:24:04 +0000

I understand what you mean, Robot. But as with most of Eliot’s poetry, there is much to be derived from his musings. I found that BECAUSE there was that certain hopelessness in the narrotor’s voice, I felt more intensely aware about my own decisions. I appreciate your comment, though. I love the ambiguity!

By: robot ophelia

robot ophelia — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:55:26 +0000

I love Prufrock, but that’s not the line I would choose for a tattoo. Even in irony, or as a reminder to yourself, the narrator is so sad and pathetic at that point that I wouldn’t be able to look at it without feeling down myself.

By: VJESCI

VJESCI — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:37:58 +0000

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