The author is referring to the normal occurance of coffee or tea during social situations during the time period. When Prufrock says he has measured his life in coffee spoons, he
is alluding that he has spent a lot of time participating in social coffee or tea
.
What does Prufrock reveal about himself?
Alfred Prufrock,” Prufrock feels
unconfident and self-conscious He is lonely, aging, and balding
, and his apparent desire to connect with others, especially women, remains unrealized.
What does Prufrock mean when he says he has measured out his life with coffee spoons?
When Prufrock says, in the poem’s seventh stanza, “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons,” what he means is that
his life has always been carefully controlled and predictable
—in other words, measured. The image of the coffee spoon is one of middle-class domesticity.
How does Prufrock seem to spend his time why does he keep insisting there will be time?
Most people make excuses; they procrastinate and find other things to do first, putting it off for as long as they can. So, when Prufrock says, “there will be time,”
it is almost like he is arguing with himself
.
What is the overwhelming question Prufrock wants to ask?
Scholars and critics alike agree that the “overwhelming question” that is the focus of all of Prufrock’s ponderings in the poem is most likely
a marriage proposal, or a question of a woman’s feelings for him
.
What does Prufrock compare himself to in lines 57 58 What does this metaphor tell you about him?
The speaker continues to doubt himself and compares his existence in
a room full of people to that of an insect “sprawling on a pin” and “pinned and wriggling on the wall
” (57-58). This comparison reveals not only anxiousness, but feelings of inadequacy, powerlessness, and defeat.
What item does Prufrock used to measure his life?
When Prufrock says he has measured his life in
coffee spoons
, he is alluding that he has spent a lot of time participating in social coffee or tea. If his life can be measured in coffee spoons, then he has done little else to provide a unit of measure; he has spent much of his time simply being social.
What kind of man is J Alfred Prufrock?
Alfred Prufrock,” Prufrock is
timid, tongue-tied, ineffectual, and overrefined
, the kind of man who has measured out his “life with coffee spoons.” Although the poem generally presents this consistent picture of Prufrock, there is one slightly contradictory passage in which he describes himself as a verbose and pompous …
What does J Alfred Prufrock think or feel about love?
The love that Prufrock has for the woman that he wants to speak to is
an overwhelming feeling
. … Because he jumps from subject to subject, we get the feeling that he is thinking about her often, getting distracted on other subjects, but always coming back to it.
What is Prufrock’s opinion of himself describe his feelings in your own words?
Describe his feelings in your own words. Prufrock’s opinion of himself is
full of self doubt
. His feelings towards himself are harsh. He wants to get to know people, but he constantly doubts himself just because he is old.
What is the yellow smoke in Prufrock?
The “yellow fog” and “yellow smoke” are
animated representations of the smog
that could be found in such industrial areas. While Prufrock may be literally describing the environmental conditions of a modern city, the yellow fog also functions on a symbolic level. In a sense, the yellow fog symbolizes Prufrock himself.
Would it have been worth it after all?
And would it have been worth it, after all, After the cups, the marmalade, the tea, Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me, Would it have been worth while, To have bitten off the matter with a smile, To have squeezed the universe into a ball To roll it toward some overwhelming question, To say: “I am …
What does Prufrock look like and about how old is he?
This physical description suggests
middle age
. Prufrock is not feeble (he descends the stairs unaided) and yet his legs and arms show his age. He is starting to grow bald, but the process is still in progress, and thus again we have a sense of middle rather than old age.
What is Prufrock afraid of?
Prufrock is afraid of
death, rejection, judgment, and growing old alone
. He is aware of the passing of time, of his difficulties in forging connections with other people, particularly women, and of his inability to “say just what [he] mean[s].”
What questions does Prufrock seek answers to?
These include
“Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?” and “Is it perfume from a dress that makes me so digress?
” These questions serve mainly to enhance the characterization of Prufrock as an insecure man who doesn’t feel comfortable in his own skin.
What does the epigraph mean in Prufrock?
The epigraph in “Prufrock” is a quotation from Dante’s Inferno in which
Guido da Montefeltro, who is being tortured, says he feels safe revealing the truth of his horrible deeds to Dante because he believes that Dante will never make it out of hell to tell the rest of the world.
