Prufrock and anyone...

Second Half of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot

Your homework assignment from the previous class- read stanzas 7, 8 and 9.

A.     Summarize stanzas 7, 8, and 9 (Homework Grade)

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8-

9-

*What common point do all of these stanzas share?

B.     After listening to a reading of the rest of the poem, with annotations, read the rest of the poem to 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. (Class work Grade)

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)

Homework- 1. read e.e.  cummings’ “anyone lived in a pretty how town” (p 781)

2. Answer questions 4-6 (p 782) and 3. explain the meaning of the poem with support from the poem itself.