Read 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 words best indicate that prufrock feels uncertain?
o disturb, universe, minute
o turn back, revisions, reverse
o time, descend, asserted
o modest, simple, thin