Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Do I dare
Disturb the universe?

Which best describes the meaning of these lines?

The speaker is content with his accomplishments and his place in the world.
The speaker fears that no one around him will notice if he disappears.
The speaker believes he can change his environment in a positive way.
The speaker is worried that his very existence is a burden on others.

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absolutism the political belief that one ruler should hold all of the power within the boundaries of a country.

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.