Dramatic Monologue and Stream of Consciousness in Poetry
Question 6 • Second Semester English 11
Which lines from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" provide an example of stream of consciousness?
Answer
A
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:
B
Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table;
C
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 —
D
And indeed there will be time For the yellow smoke that slides along the street, Rubbing its back upon the window-panes;