Prufrock

Open a Word document and put a heading—name, date, period—in the upper left hand corner. Number each item that you complete.


 * T.S. Eliot, author of “Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock”**

1. Use Google or another search engine to find out when and where T. S. Eliot was born and his real first name. Copy and paste that info on your Word document.

http://www.bartleby.com/198/1.html

2. Copy the original title of the poem and paste it on your paper.

3. Copy (and paste on your paper) the quotation at the end of the paragraph titled, “Epigram.”

4. Then, translate the words of the quotation into very simple words that anybody could understand.

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/English151W-03/prufrock.htm

5. Copy the first paragraph and underline the three words we’ve studied in class: ironic, monologue, and urban.

6-8. Use your computer dictionary or thesaurus to define: ironic, monologue, & urban.


 * Michelangelo's Art**

9. Go to Google Images and find examples of Michelangelo’s art. Copy and paste your favorite work of art on your paper. (To save paper, please make certain it is no larger than 2” x 2”.)

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides3/Prufrock.html

10-11. Scroll down about fourteen paragraphs and copy the short summaries of the two biblical stories that are alluded to (referred to) in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Copy and paste them on your paper. Then, make them 12 point font so they don’t take up too much space.

http://www.usask.ca/english/prufrock/prustart.htm

12. Scroll down to line 23 of the poem. Click on the highlighted line “And indeed there will be time.” It will show the Bible verse about time. Read the verse and in a complete sentence tell whether or not you agree with what the verse says. Also tell why you agree or disagree.

13. Scroll down to “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” Click on the highlighted lines “Crash Test Dummies” next to those lines. What do the Crash Test Dummies say their afternoons will be measured out by?