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In which lines in this excerpt from T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" does the speaker compare himself to an insect?


a)And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:

Streets that follow like a tedious argument

Of insidious intent


b)Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,

Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains,


c)And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,

When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,


d)And would it have been worth it, after all,

After the cups, the marmalade, the tea,

Among the porcelain

Verified Answer :

The answer is C: "And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin, 
                             When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,"

Answer:

C.

Explanation:

In the lines "And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,

When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall," the poet is comparing himself to an insect.

"The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a poem written by eT. S. Eliot is 1910-1911 and first published in 1915. The speaker of the poem is a middle-aged psyche man. He is able to hear the voices of people whom he sees, marking comments on his looks and baldness.

In Lines 57-58, he compares himself with an insect. He compares himself with an insect because he thinks everyone treats him like that and that he is in a display like an insect.

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