Eliot speaks of how Prufrock has "measured out" his life "with coffee spoons." In its figurative use, Prufrock seeks to make the truth about his life clear. That his life has been reduced to something so feeble such as measuring out through spoons of coffee. Eliot uses figurative language to convey how it feels to live in this setting. Prufrock is open about how he feels "trapped" in this society, with his only escape being death. Eliot uses figurative language to describe his experience of being "pinned." The speaker is not literally "pinned" to any object. Yet, there is an unexplainable feeling that happens in the modern setting when individuals are forced to see themselves through the eyes of "the other." There is a loss of freedom, a loss of identity, where people are "pinned and wriggling." Personifying a worm, resulting in dehumanization, as well as an allusion to death; the worms that help to decompose the
Eliot speaks of how Prufrock has "measured out" his life "with coffee spoons." In its figurative use, Prufrock seeks to make the truth about his life clear. That his life has been reduced to something so feeble such as measuring out through spoons of coffee. Eliot uses figurative language to convey how it feels to live in this setting. Prufrock is open about how he feels "trapped" in this society, with his only escape being death. Eliot uses figurative language to describe his experience of being "pinned." The speaker is not literally "pinned" to any object. Yet, there is an unexplainable feeling that happens in the modern setting when individuals are forced to see themselves through the eyes of "the other." There is a loss of freedom, a loss of identity, where people are "pinned and wriggling." Personifying a worm, resulting in dehumanization, as well as an allusion to death; the worms that help to decompose the