Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes, The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening, Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains, Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys, Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap, And seeing that it was a soft October night, Curled once about the house, and fell asleep. Based on the excerpt, how does the narrator feel about the evening fog?
T. S. Eliot begins "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" with a translated quotation from Dante’s Inferno. If I thought my reply were to someone who could ever return to the world, this flame would waver no more. But since, I’m told, nobody ever escapes from this pit, I’ll tell you without fear of ill fame. What is the best explanation for prefacing the poem with this quotation?
Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. Which best describes the meaning of these lines?
Which lines from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" provide an example of stream of consciousness?
Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. What does Prufrock mean in the last line: “I do not think they will sing to me”?
Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets And watched the smoke that rises from the pipes Of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows? . . . I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. Which words best indicate that Prufrock feels isolated?
Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. The excerpt is narrated using which literary technique?
Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." And indeed there will be time To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?” Time to turn back and descend the stair, With a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”] My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [They will say: “But how his arms and legs are thin!”] Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. In this stanza, Prufrock repeats “Do I dare?” three times. What does the repetition indicate about his state of mind?
There are many time references in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; And seeing that it was a soft October night, Curled once about the house, and fell asleep. And the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully! Smoothed by long fingers, What is the most likely reason for Prufrock’s emphasis on the afternoon and evening hours?
Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: How is this excerpt an example of dramatic monologue?
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