From the love song of j. alfred prufrock by t. s. eliot
no! i am not prince hamlet, nor was meant to be;
am an attendant lord, one that will do
to swell a progress, start a scene or two,
advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
deferential, glad to be of use,
politic, cautious, and meticulous;
full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;
at times, indeed, almost ridiculous-
almost, at times, the fool.
in this passage of the poem, the speaker contrasts himself to shakespeare's hamlet by calling attention to his own
(a)valor
(b)effort
(c)optimism
(d)insignificance