“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot
A. Summarize stanzas 7, 8, and 9
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8-
9-
*What common point do all of these stanzas share?
B. After listening to a reading of the poem locate the literary elements that support the different aspects of the work; find at least three images that express each of the ideas below. Be sure to identify three images for each idea.
Speaker rejected by women
Speaker attracted to feminine beauty
Speaker feeling unimportant, having no effect upon his environment
Speaker feeling misunderstood or reduced to lesser than he understands himself
Speaker’s indecision
Speaker’s sense of over self consciousness
C. Answer questions 2, 3 and the Big Question (p 712)
D. e.e. cummings’ “anyone lived in a pretty how town” (p 781)
1. Answer questions 4-6 (p 782) and 2. explain the meaning of the poem with support from the poem itself.
