Miscellaneous
Describe how Prufrock perceives time.
Negatively.
The overall tone and language of the poem could be described as what?
Negative.
When Prufrock says he would have been better off being a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the sea bed, what does he mean?
He wants to be a crab.
Name a character other than Prufrock who is mentioned or implied in the literature.
Hamlet, Lazarus, John the Baptist, Dante
The yellow smoke and fog exhibiting cat-like behavior is an example of what literary structure?
A sustained metaphor.
The "eternal Footman" symbolizes what?
Death.
What is the primary emotion that characterizes Prufrock's attitude?
Fear.
What is the name of the literature that the epigraph before the poem is quoted from?
Dante's "Inferno"
What object or thing is Prufrock trying to represent when he says that he is "pinned and wriggling on the wall"?
That he is like a helpless bug or worm.
What is most likely to be Prufrock's overwhelming question?
Him asking for companionship.
What is the smoke and fog in stanza 3 attempting to portray?
A cat.
What does Prufrock mean when he says "No, I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be."?
He is not a tragic hero or a main character.
In the poem, Prufrock measures his life with these everyday objects, symbolizing his sense of monotony.
Coffee Spoons.
The fragmented and elliptical structure of the poem may symbolize what?
The fragmented and broken mind of Prufrock.
Women talking of Michelangelo represents what kind of progression in Prufrock's time (1888-1965)?
It represents how women are becoming educated and therefore will partake in cultural debates and affairs.