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 words best indicate that prufrock feels uncertain?

a. disturb, universe, minute

b. turn back, revisions, reverse

c. time, descend, asserted

d. modest, simple, thin

The correct answer is b. turn back, revisions, reverse. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", commonly known as "Prufrock", is the first professionally published poem by American-born British poet T. S. Eliot. Prufrock has feelings of wariness, regret, embarrassment, emasculation, sexual frustration, a sense of decay, and an awareness of mortality.

The words that indicate that Prufrock feels uncertain are b. turn back, revisions and reverse.

Explanation: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a poem written by T.S. Eliot in 1915. He became famous mainly after publishing this poem, which is still considered one of the masterpieces of Modernism. The words that imply that Prufrock is uncertain are "turn back", "revisions" and "reverse" since the three of them make reference to the action of going back to the past to change something, which is generally motivated by an undetermined attitude and a lack of confidence towards an issue.