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 all that apply.

1)and i have known the eyes already, known them all —
2)and i have known the eyes already, known them all —
3)the eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase,
4)and when i am formulated, sprawling on a pin,
5)when i am pinned and wriggling on the wall,
6)then how should i begin to spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?
7)to spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?
8)and how should i presume?

The word fix can mean to attach or secure something, to organize or set, or to be in a problem or predicament, then the phrases from the text that suggest each of these meanings are:

*The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase,

*And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,

*Then how should I begin To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?

*And how should I presume?

Explanation:

This sentences present different meanings since the sentence "The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase," gives the meaning of set or state something while "And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin" uses the meaning of being attach or secure into an idea or situation and the last two sentences express the presence of an inner problem or predicament "Then how should I begin To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?" "And how should I presume?"

its b add a sentence to the middle that reflects on the writer’s experiences.

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