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    The love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is a poem that tells the story of a man who once had the confidence to talk to women. The man loses confidence because of him getting shot down by women. The main dilemma of the poem is that Prufrock no longer has the confidence to talk to women and he becomes old and lonely because of this. The main dilemma is expressed through the speaker’s voice and the unusual syntax of the poem. The unusual syntax of the poem makes it so that it there is not a definite rhyme

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    “The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock” In the 1900s, T.S. Eliot “The love song of j. Alfred Prufrock”, was later published by Prufrock. Eliot poem presents his sensibility of isolation and withdrawal with people. Emphasizing many examples many examples where he wants to be sequestered. “Let us go then, you and I”. He also struggles to convince the reader that he can approach his future lover. Everyone believes that if you research to find out what you are looking for o will find it, if there are

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    poem “Preludes” Eliot explores the misery of city life. In “The Boston Evening Transcrpt” he highlights the disparities between individuals that lived life to its fullest and those that just existed and made no meaningful experiences. In “the Love Song of J. Alfred Pufrock” he emphasizes the need to use time effectively in pursuing life’s goals. In these poems, Eliot uses imagery and symbolism to reinforce his themes of suffering, the disconnect amongst people, and time. Imagery in poetry refers

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    reflecting on the past memories and present experiences in an individualistic, and philosophical approach, that is the style of "The Waste Land," of the dramatic monologue. The difference between "The Waste Land" and T.S. Eliot's earlier poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock") is that the narrator of the poem is continuously changes the personages, countries, and the use of mythologies. This gives Eliot's poem a panoramic quality while also making it very fragmented. It's hard to keep track of who's

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    Loneliness is a feeling that we have all felt here and there. A man in the poem “ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S Eliot feels trapped which caused him to have disorders. Nothing has never changed from living in the same city and not using his time wisely. He tried numerous ways to approach women but his low self esteem stopped him from moving forward. Although Prufrock seems like a miserable person, Prufrock suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, and paranoia that caused

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    The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S Elliot and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner are both about feeling inadequacies in one’s self, in the eyes of loved ones or society. J. Alfred Prufrock, the speaker in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, feels inadequate for the woman whom he intends to propose to due to his age, appearance, and perceived self-worth, as well as inadequate for an ever-changing society he no longer fits into. J. Alfred Prufrock makes comments to and about himself throughout

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    other aspects of culture. Writers during this time period decided to go against the grain, and began writing innovatively, starting a “tradition of the new.” It was at the beginning of this movement that T.S. Eliot wrote his famous poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Eliot’s poem marked a significant turning point from nineteenth century Victorian literature to twentieth century modern literature, this can be seen through many different modern literary characteristics and devices such as

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    exhibit several qualities in proportion of which one is good sense." (Eliot) Some other famous quotes are "Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood." (Eliot) and finally "Human kind cannot bear much reality." (Eliot) Eliot's poem "The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a dramatic monologue. I think the poem's central themes include Prufrock's inability to act and his feelings of alienation. I think in the beginning T.S. Eliot may have chosen to present this epigraph in Italian because he

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    “A Love Song for Bobby Long” written by Grayson Capps and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” written by TS Eliot remind the world of men who struggle with the demons of life. The little voices in your head saying “I don’t think you can do that.” These voices cause you to doubt yourself and your talents. They take the life out of you, and cause you to wonder if you even have a purpose here on earth. Now let’s take a deeper look into these poems and closely analyze their similarities and differences

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    fragile state of humanity, psychologically, in his works with themes and writing styles. He explores the changes that the war brought to the men returning home throughout the themes in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and with fragmentation. The aftermath of the war influenced Eliot to write “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” based on the lives of the men returning from the war to a more modern and fast paced society. Tortured, eloquent, neurotic, and emotionally stilted describe the psyche

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