Prufrock

"We have lingered in the chambers of the sea/ By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown/ Till human voices wake us, and we drown." (129-131)

The reference to the sea in this quote connects back to the comparison of himself to a crab earlier in the poem. Although the crab is implied to be solitary in the depths of the ocean, the "We" in this quote is implied to be surrounded by mermaids, and perhaps other people. Those other people can be thought of as dreamers like the narrator. The words "human voices" gives the impression that the narrator does not think of himself as human, but as something more carefree and content. The narrator has been living in a bliss fantasy for, perhaps, his whole life. By the end of the poem, he finally starts realizing the reality of his life and of the world around him; he finds that it is not at all like his dream.