My home is on the peaked sea-mark of ithaca under mount neion's wind-blown robe of leaves, in sight of other islands—dulichium, same, wooded zacynthus—ithaca being most lofty in that coastal sea, and northwest, while the rest lie east and south. a rocky isle, but good for a boy's training; i shall not see on earth a place more dear, though i have been detained long by calypso based on the evidence provided, readers can conclude that odysseus wants to rule his native land. is eager to leave his home. misses his native land. fears for the safety of his home.

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?

What is the central idea of paragraph 1 of the story?

The wind skittered playfully along the pathway, drawing leaves and bits of flowers along with it. which word gives the passage a cheerful mood?