ding time for two people to perform sexual acts. Other sexual connotations are also found in lines fifty six to fifty eight: 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,This stanza is not only about Prufrocks sex drive, but it also ties in with his anxiety. This is because we see Prufrock being attracted towards someone, but he is also placed in an uncomfortable situation. She pins him down with her sight, trying to see if he is good enough for her. But Prufrock feels trapped and does not know what to say. He is worried because he fears he would look like an idiot. His thoughts of her are described through lines sixty-three to sixty-nine. He thinks: Arms that are braceleted and white and bare[But in the lamplight, downed with light brown hair!]Is it perfume from a dressThat makes me so digress?Arms that lie along a table, or wrap about a shawl.As we can see, Prufrock becomes aroused and turned on by her appearance. He begins to imagine what it would be like to be with her. He says, And should I then presume?/ And how should I begin? He wonders how he should go up to her and ask for a date, and how he should then carry on with the night. Prufrock seems to be very desperate, but the only problem is that his insecurity keeps him from taking action. Prufrock then carries on imagining his night with her through lines seventy-eight to eighty. He describes it by saying:Stretched on the floor, here beside you and me.Should I, after tea and cakes and ices,Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis?Here we can see that Prufrock wants to be sexual with this person, but he worries about not being able to perform. Prufrocks desperateness is a reflection of Eliots desire for intimacy. This is because when a man suffers from an unhappy relationship, he starves for love. Eliot probably did not have a loving relationship with his wife, and therefore his ...
