... the poem. Prufrock's series of questions can also be tied into his unsuccessful attempts at relationships with women. His insecurities keep him from doing the things he wants to do; he feels inadequate and unable to express his true feelings to women, "Should I, after tea and cakes and ices,/ ... we don't end up like Prufrock. The Second Coming -- W. B. Yeats Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocen...

• Word Count: 6460
• Approx Pages: 26
• Grade Level: High School