How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #7
Time flies, and I need not rehearse (22)
Time flies when you're having fun! Not to be too "mind in the gutter" about it, but it's quite possible their fun together includes having sex.
Quote #8
[…] and some fine
Ruddy-skinned pears. (27-28)
If you think about the shape of a pear, it kind of looks like a woman—especially the curve of the pear as the hips of a woman. And instead of saying, "red pears," Wilbur writes "ruddy-skinned" to make us think of flesh, flush or pink flesh for that matter, which makes us think of a nude woman, and (finally), makes us think of sex (as if we weren't already convinced).