Each of the following lines from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" contains allusion except
A. "I am no prophet—and here's no great matter;"
B. "To say: I am Lazarus, come from the dead,"
C. "No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;"
D. "I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach."
Read the following lines from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,
When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall
Then how should I begin
To spit out the butt-ends of my days and ways?
An allusion is a figure of speech which makes a reference to a place, person or to an event. From the following lines from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", the line that does not contain allusion is option D. "I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach".
