How do the central ideas of decay and fear of rejection interact within “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”? Click here to read the poem.

The poet alludes to obscure literary works to show that Prufrock understands his hopeless situation.
The poet judges Prufrock’s attire as poor by contrasting it with the apparel of the women he finds desirable.
The poet combines imagery of Prufrock’s physical aging with statements of despair over his incapacity to approach women.
The poet creates analogies to suggest that Prufrock is as dismal as the surroundings that he frequents.

edwards uses the phrase "o who can express what the state of a soul in such circumstances is! " in order to illustrate that this type of suffering is unimaginable. the word "express" denoted that the state of a suffering soul is required to be described by any person, but it would not happen because no one can imagine how this suffering is felt.  

-show what might happen if the reader disobeys edwards is not correct because this is described trhough the text, not by the phrase used.

-describe what endless suffering looks and feels like is not correct because this description might be the porpuse of the excerpt provided, not the porpuse of using the phrase during the writting.

-prove that few people have survived limitless suffering is not correct because it is implied that the soul of a person is already suffering and doesn't have any way to escape.