Read lines 55-61 from the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and answer the question.
And I have known the eyes already, known them all—
The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase.
And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,
When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,
Then how should I begin
To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?
And how should I presume?
The word fix has three different meanings. What phrases from the text suggest each of these meanings? Select three choices.
When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,
Then how should I begin
And how should I presume?
To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?
And I have known the eyes already, known them all —
To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?
And I have known the eyes already, known them all —
The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase,
And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,
