These 3 lines demonstrate the average American response to the global events taking place. It sort of implies an overwhelming sense of delusion, and refusal to accept things how they really are. They trick themselves into pretending that they are fine and no harm will come to them or their family.

I believe that this verse could suggest two different meanings. Pfufrock is in a life or death situation and is experiencing suicidal thoughts. Overall, he is unsure of what he needs; there is an overwhelming sense of confusion. The other meaning could suggest that he is looking for women, love or sexual relations, since the men are lonely. He therefore is torn between not only life and death, but finding love or not. These themes do also go hand in hand, as love also provides life. Therefore the window is a symbol of his confusion and the options he has.. he is peering to look out at the possibility of finding love or death. Maybe that's the same thing to him? Love could also mean death in this case.

I find this verse particularly intriguing because I believe that this is a direct reference to the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. This poem follows the same imaginative, dark, and overwhelmingly odd fantasy world that Gilman paints with the imagery of yellow wallpaper. Specifically, yellow is generally known to be associated with the sun, happiness, and joy. However, both Elliotand Gilman utilize yellow walls to symbolize anxiety, depression, loneliness, psychological issues and overall, relationships, which are the root cause.

I found quite interesting the usage of the word "Reel" in this verse. A "reel"is a reference to the gyre mentioned in the first verse of the poem. A reel is a a cylinder, circular object used in an artistic format; threads, wires, and other flexible materials are wound tightly around it. I believe that Yeats is suggesting, through both the gyre and reel, the evolution of art through history, but also the culmination and or end of history. When something is wound up too tight, it can break. Further, a thread is fragile; the thread signifies time, the universe, and perhaps even a life line. I think it is also important to note that he uses "reel" in order to describe shadows that are "circular" in shape; this is peculiar because a bird should not have this particular shape. Further, the birds are the only creatures left besides the sphinx.. this is symbolic because birds suggest hope, yet they are described as indignant. There is no hope left.