![]() He concludes this stanza saying “I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas.” This quote is meant to tell us he should’ve been a crab, which makes sense since a crab is viewed as a creature that keeps to itself.ī.What do you think Elliot means by “I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.”?Ĭ. His lack of self-belief is compounded when he is unsure of what to say when approaching a woman. In this stanza I believe the man is talking about his issues with women and how the smell of perfume on a dress affects him. Alfred Prufrock The speaker of The Love Song of J. Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. I should have been a pair of ragged claws Of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows? … Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streetsĪnd watched the smoke that rises from the pipes He talks about “mermaids singing” and how they won’t sing to him, this is clearly a figment of his imagination that relates to how he feels in real life situations and the problems that he faces internally.Īrms that lie along a table, or wrap about a shawl. His certainty about walking on the beach in flannel trousers makes the reader think that he is at peace, but shortly after we see how his self consciousness and lack of confidence affects him. Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo Non torno vivo alcun, s'i'odo il vero, Senza tema d'infamia ti rispondo. We see an old man who in growing older struggles to decide what to do with his life. Alfred Prufrock S'io credesse che mia risposta fosse A persona che mai tornasse al mondo, Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse. I do not think that they will sing to me. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. Eliot Previous Next Stanza VII Lines 49-54 For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons I know the voices dying with a dying fall Beneath the music from a farther room. Alfred Prufrock - yet many people read the speaker as a middle-aged man contemplating ageing. I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. TS Eliot was only 22 years old when he wrote The Love Song of J. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. This man appears to have serious confidence issues attributed to himself growing older in age. ![]() Alfred Prufrock” is a man who overall seems perplexed about his life and society as a whole. ![]() 1.The main character in T.S Elliot’s poem titled “The Love Song of J. ![]()
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