From The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot Noll am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous- Almost, at times, the Fool. In this passage of the poem, the speaker contrasts himself to Shakespeare's Hamlet by calling attention to his own​