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In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” what two things are compared here? “When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherized [asleep] upon a table”?

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The two things that are compared in the Poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' would be the evening and a patient. The depiction of the evening that is 'spread out against the sky' is likened to that of a patient being etherized upon a table when the person is asleep.
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The evening and a patient

The comparison between sunset and an unconscious surgery patient is a perfect example of how T. S. Eliot applies his startling imagery as an indicative of Prufrock's character, portraying aging and decay. "Prufrock" has become one of the most renowned voices in modern literature.

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