T.S. Eliot: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" - Read

Question 1

note

Answer 1

• repetition
• imagery
• simile
• extended metaphor

Question 2

T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is written as

Answer 2

dramatic monologue

Question 3

lines 32-33 (“hundreds of indecisions…”) of T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” are an indication

Answer 3

of Prufrock’s inability to make a decision

Question 4

in lines 2-3 of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Eltio uses what poetic device

Answer 4

simile

Question 5

lines 126-128 of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” illustrate T.S. Eliot’s amazing skill using
I have seen them riding seaward on the waves
Combining the white hair of the waves blown back
When the wind blows the water white and black

Answer 5

imagery

Question 6

T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is written in

Answer 6

free verse