Dust here is a metaphor for the speaker's relationship to the natural world and for the fact that he may soon be a corpse. ... The relationship between the speaker and the natural world is very close, even harmonious. ... Dust here is a metaphor for both the speaker's status as a corpse and for his relationship to the natural world. ... It's not that England and Italy were fighting yet (that didn't happen really until World War II). ... There are a few things to note about this guy, since he's pretty revealing in the way he goes about this poem. ...

• Word Count: 3268
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Years later he declared, "Missouri and the Mississippi have made a deeper impression on me than any part of the world." ... When World War I broke out, he transferred to Merton College, Oxford, and studied with a disciple of F. ... In an attempt to keep poetry alive he gave the world extraordinary works of literature. ... His vast knowledge of world literature, especially those in ancient Sanskrit, was instrumental in providing him with universal thought process. ... Pound, who met Eliot during the second month of the war,  arranged to have "Prufrock" published in  Poetry in June of 1915. ...

• Word Count: 4134
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School