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from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufock by TS Eliot
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 towards some overwhelming question,
To say: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all"-
If one, settling a pillow by her head
Should say: "That is not what I meant at all,
That is not it, at all
In this portion of the poem, Prufrock imagines comparing himself to Lazarus from the New Testament of the Bible, in order to make
himself look
A)
acceptable
B)
charming
graceful
D)
Impressive
Hint
How does Prufrock picture himself as Lazarus?
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