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and Prufrock is a phenomenal poem. so phenomenal, that i will have to write an in-class paragraph on 10 lines of my choice. as of now, two sets of 10-12 lines have caught my eye, and based on my meditation of them over the next week i shall pick my set. And indeed there will be time For the yellow smoke that slides along the street, Rubbing its back upon the window-panes; There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet; There will be time to murder and create, And time for all the works and days of hands That lift and drop a question on your plate; Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the taking of a toast and tea. --------------- And indeed there will be time To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?" Time to turn back and descend the stair, With a bald spot in the middle of my hair - (They will say: "How his hair is growing thin!") My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin - (They will say: "But how his arms and legs are thin!") Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. the reason they are so similar, is because they are right next to each other, in a poem of almost 15 stanzas. and these two intrigue me the most. generic answers are all very well, i mean, Eliot must have had a specific theme, and interpretations can only go so far.. but where is the depth and reflection to be found for my in class paragraph? =/
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