Is Prufrock Dead
The Stanza Ends, However, with “That Is Not What I Meant at All; That Is Not It, at All”- Prufrock out-Maneuvers Himself Once Again. Unlike Lazarus, He Won’t...
The stanza ends, however, with “That is not what I meant at all; That is not it, at all”- Prufrock out-maneuvers himself once again. Unlike Lazarus, he won’t return with stories to tell. Leaving his mental universe does not mean coming back to life, it means dying; at the end of Prufrock he drowns.
What happens Prufrock?
It is an examination of the tortured psyche of the prototypical modern man—overeducated, eloquent, neurotic, and emotionally stilted. Prufrock, the poem’s speaker, seems to be addressing a potential lover, with whom he would like to “force the moment to its crisis” by somehow consummating their relationship.
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What does Prufrock talk about at the end of the poem?
Towards the end of the poem, Prufrock talks of mermaids singing to each other. He includes “I do not think that they will sing to me” (line 125).
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