Read the following excerpt from the "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot:

Question

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

B. It conveys the idea of isolation from modern life.

C. It supports the idea of the superficiality of urban life.

D. It is written so that one idea continues from one line to the next.

Answer 1

D. It is written so that one idea continues from one line to the next.

This aspect of the excerpt, where one idea flows seamlessly into the next without clear transitions, is characteristic of Modernist writing which often focused on fragmentation and the stream of consciousness.