Read the following excerpt from the "the love song of j. alfred prufrock" by t. s. eliot:

shall i say, i have gone at dusk through narrow streets and watched the smoke that rises from the pipes of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows? . .

i should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas. what aspect of this excerpt most clearly marks it as a work of modernism?

a. it is written so that one idea continues from one line to the next.

b. it reflects the idea of pretending to be what one is not to fit in.

c. it conveys the idea of isolation from modern life.

d. it supports the idea of the superficiality of urban life

Even though option D is also related to Modernism and could be related to the excerpt, option C seems to be the correct one: It conveys the idea of isolation from modern life.

Modernist were called "the lost generation" because of their search for meaning among the fragments of modern life. In the excerpt, the words "lonely men" seem to address the theme of isolation and alienation in society. While everyone seems to have a role to perform in modern life, that does not mean they have found their true identity. Some sort of value seems to have been lost and, with it, men lost themselves. Modernism is characterized by the search of such value.

"fire and ice" is one of robert frost's most popular poems. it was published in december 1920 in harper's magazine and in 1923 in his pulitzer prize−winning book new hampshire. it discusses the end of the world, likening the elemental force of fire with the emotion of desire, and ice with hate.

c. the power of desire is greater than the power of hate.