Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. The excerpt is narrated using which literary technique?

The speaker moves through personal questions and thoughts about his appearance, actions, and imagined mermaids. This flow of inner thoughts, rather than a conversation between characters, is stream of consciousness. The excerpt does not make a comparison using “like” or “as,” so it is not a simile.

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