Dramatic Monologue and Stream of Consciousness in Poetry
Question 9 • Second Semester English 11
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”?