English

Jordyn Parrish

21 May, 07:22

Read lines 55-61 from the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and answer the question.

And I have known the eyes already, known them all - The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase. And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin, When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I begin To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways? And how should I presume?

The word fix has three different meanings. What phrases from the text suggest each of these meanings? Select all that apply.

1) And I have known the eyes already, known them all -

2) And I have known the eyes already, known them all -

3) The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase,

4) And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,

5) When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,

6) Then how should I begin To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?

7) To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?

8) And how should I presume?