This poem's speaker comes to terms with being a deferential attendant lord, "glad to be of use" and his status as "not Prince Hamlet, nor...meant to be.
The speaker of this poem describes himself as "Politic, cautious, and meticulous" and "Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse" before declaring that he is "Almost, at times, the Fool". This poem's speaker recalls having "measured out [his] life in coffee-spoons" and asks himself "Do I dare to eat a peach?" This poem's speaker comes to terms with being a deferential attendant lord, "glad to be of use" and his status as "not Prince Hamlet, nor...meant to be." The speaker of this poem mentions a room in which "the women come and go talking of Michelangelo." For 10 points, name this poem that begins, "Let us go then, you and I," written by T.S. Eliot.
The speaker of this poem describes himself as "Politic, cautious, and meticulous" and "Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse" before declaring that he is "Almost, at times, the Fool".
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" [prompt on "Prufrock"]