VRead the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." 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. Which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him? And indeed there will be time To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?" 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 - In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.

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Dulce Kennedy

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25 May, 04:54

VRead the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." 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. Which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him? And indeed there will be time To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?" 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 - In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.

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Frances Frazier · Answer 1

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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

In the modernist poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T. S. Eliot, the speaker is concerned about what people might think of him. For example, he describes his bald spot and his trendy clothes. However, he feels distressed about what people will say about his thin hair and skinny arms and legs.