Question

for i have known them all already, known them all:
have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
i have measured out my life with coffee spoons;
i know the voices dying with a dying fall
beneath the music from a farther room.
so how should i presume?
—\the love song of j. alfred prufrock,\ t. s. eliot
which modernist ideas are in this famous passage? check the four best choices.

• despair and disillusionment: feeling that life is meaningless
• introspection: thinking about why one does things
• stream of consciousness: a rambling voice mirroring the confusion in the world
• the mistrust of institutions: fearing the government
• loneliness: feeling separated from others

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Explanation:

The poem shows despair (life measured with coffee spoons implies meaninglessness). Introspection is seen in the speaker's self - analysis. The rambling, fragmented lines mirror stream of consciousness. The speaker's isolation (knowing voices from a farther room) shows loneliness. There is no indication of mistrust of institutions (like fearing the government) in the given passage.

Answer:

• despair and disillusionment: feeling that life is meaningless
• introspection: thinking about why one does things
• stream of consciousness: a rambling voice mirroring the confusion in the world
• loneliness: feeling separated from others