AGES ERA PERIOD
RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY
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Question
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Lovesong of J.Alfred Prufrock
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Sonnets from the Portuguese
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Prelude
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The Last Decalogue
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Detailed explanation-1: -the line “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons” has significant meaning to it. this quote shows us an insight into how mundane and boring his life is. we tend to measure our life in events that were exciting or worth memorizing.
Detailed explanation-2: -This simile also implies that the setting is at peace, it has yet to be disturbed by the chaos of time. In contrast, later on in the poem the speaker uses a metaphor to imply that he has been alive for quite a bit of time by this point, saying, “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons” (51).
Detailed explanation-3: -’I have measured out my life with coffee spoons, ’ implies a solitary, workaholic existence, implies that there is no other marker in his life with which to measure, that he is routine and fastidious and not prone to making decisions outside of his comfort zone.
Detailed explanation-4: -’The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’ is a poem by the poet and critic T S Eliot, and a key document of literary modernism.