23-34), implies that time is everlasting. It is almost as if the speaker is insinuating that he has an endless amount of time to do that which he needs done. Therefor, why shouldn’t Prufrock be allowed to avoid certain tasks, especially when he could just as easily do them before having his tea? After all, it seems Prufrock believes he lives not in a world of time, but timelessness. To Prufrock, time is a matter that is far from concrete and even aids in his habit of inaction. In all actuality, the notion that the speaker has all the time in the world to do with as he pleases makes perfect sense, as it seems that Prufrock is the poster child for procrastination and yet he is never worried about a lack of time. A prime example of this would be the fact that the speaker has a question to ask the silent auditor of the poem (l. 10) and yet he always manages to make excuses, even stating that “In a minute there is time / For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse” (ll. 47-48). It is easy to see that the speaker of the poem is a master of postponing that which needs to be done. In fact, the speaker even mentions the “question” he must ask the silent auditor of the poem again in line 30 of the stanza mentioned before. However, even then he implies that there will always be time for indecisiveness and procrastination (ll. 32-33). Simply put, the speaker is using this concept of “forever” as a crutch and stalling because he believes his time is endless. Be that as it may, having too much time is never a good thing. In the case of J. Alfred Prufrock, having too much time allows him to constantly give into the temptation of inaction for fear of failure. He fears the answer to his question, and therefor continues to
23-34), implies that time is everlasting. It is almost as if the speaker is insinuating that he has an endless amount of time to do that which he needs done. Therefor, why shouldn’t Prufrock be allowed to avoid certain tasks, especially when he could just as easily do them before having his tea? After all, it seems Prufrock believes he lives not in a world of time, but timelessness. To Prufrock, time is a matter that is far from concrete and even aids in his habit of inaction. In all actuality, the notion that the speaker has all the time in the world to do with as he pleases makes perfect sense, as it seems that Prufrock is the poster child for procrastination and yet he is never worried about a lack of time. A prime example of this would be the fact that the speaker has a question to ask the silent auditor of the poem (l. 10) and yet he always manages to make excuses, even stating that “In a minute there is time / For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse” (ll. 47-48). It is easy to see that the speaker of the poem is a master of postponing that which needs to be done. In fact, the speaker even mentions the “question” he must ask the silent auditor of the poem again in line 30 of the stanza mentioned before. However, even then he implies that there will always be time for indecisiveness and procrastination (ll. 32-33). Simply put, the speaker is using this concept of “forever” as a crutch and stalling because he believes his time is endless. Be that as it may, having too much time is never a good thing. In the case of J. Alfred Prufrock, having too much time allows him to constantly give into the temptation of inaction for fear of failure. He fears the answer to his question, and therefor continues to