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Read the following passage from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock":
The muttering retreats
of restless nights in one night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
Which words from this passage best demonstrate the speaker's feeling that
life is tiresome and dull?

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Answer:

tedious argument

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The speaker shows that life is tiresome and dull when he mentions "tedious argument // of insidious intent". The very definition of the word "tedious" is dull, monotonous. It's not just a minor detail when the speaker mentions "streets that follow". You could say that streets are the path that he is following and it's tedious.

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