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    The story of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot relates to the elements of modernism which is “emphasis on bold experimentation in style and form, reflecting the fragmentation of society.” In the story, a character name J. Alfred, who is conscious about himself. In the text he is extra granting to his world of being alone. In the text, Prufrock is planning out his life on becoming unconsciousness. who is conscious about himself. In the text he is extra granting to his world of being

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    When reading the title of T.S Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” it is believed we are in store for a poem of romance and hope. A song that will inspire embrace and warmth of the heart, regretfully this is could not be further from the truth. This poem takes us into the depths of J. Alfred Prufrock, someone who holds faltering doubt and as a result may never come to understand real love. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” takes us through Prufrock’s mindset and his self-doubting and

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    In his poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” author T.S. Eliot demonstrates that indecision often leads to feelings of resentment. For example, when one dwells on the possible risks of an action rather than deciding to take action, he often later resents himself for not at least attempting to do what he wanted. In Eliot’s poem, Prufrock’s fear of being misunderstood keeps him from asking a simple question: If one, settling a pillow by her head Should say: “That is not what

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    Commentary: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” T.S. Eliot’s poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” illustrates the poet’s fear of the fragmentation of modern society. In the poem, Eliot creates the persona of his speaker, J. Alfred Prufrock. Prufrock is speaking to an unknown listener. The persona of Prufrock is Eliot’s interpretation of Western society and its impotency at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. His views are modernistic, which idolize the classical forms while incorporating

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    “The Love Song of J, Alfred Prufrock” by T.S Eliot is a poem about anxiety. The poem explores the social and introspective aspects of Prufrock’s life as the poem’s narrative follows him on a journey through his city. Eliot uses simile, figurative imagery, free verse, and a first person voice to tell a story about anxiety. Eliot masterfully uses simile and figurative imagery in “The Love Song of J, Alfred Prufrock.” Eliot's use of simile is best found in the poem's famous opening line: “Let us go

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    capture the reader's attention in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. The poem has a dramatic discourse. The percipience of life's emptiness is the main theme of the poem. Eliot exhorts the spiritual decomposition by exploring a type of life in death. T. S. Eliot, who in the Clark Lectures notes, "Real Irony is an expression of suffering"(Lobb, 53), uses irony and symbolism throughout the poem to exemplify the suffering of J. Alfred Prufrock who believes he is filled with spiritual morbidity and

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    In T.S Elliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Elliot describes the mental interactions between a man and his social environment. Through descriptive language, allusions, and enjambment, he supports a message that addresses the doubt and insecurity that lies within a majority of society. Overall, the tone of the poem is very pessimistic in its addressing of everyday insecurities. Throughout The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Elliot creates a very distinctive setting in order to enable the

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    Masculinity in T.S. Eliot’s, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” The Modern Poetry Era (1914-1945) was a time filled with many new and revolutionary poets. Of these poets was a man named T.S. Eliot, whom was considered by many to be the most significant poet of his time. Eliot’s earliest work, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, set the bar for Modernisms exemplification of Man and his Modern Masculinity. This was done by incorporating Symbolism, and Imagism along with looking past the

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    Commentary: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock T.S. Eliot’s poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” illustrates the fear of the fragmentation of society today. In the poem, Eliot creates the persona of Prufrock. Prufrock is speaking to an unknown listener. The persona of Prufrock is Eliot’s interpretation of Western society and its impotency. His views on society is seen as a modernistic point of view, which idolizes the ideas to regress back to a classicist era. Eliot illustrates his contempt

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    "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" The dramatic monologue “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock was written by Thomas Stearns Eliot and published in June of 1915. Eliot was born in St Louis, Missouri on September 26, 1888, where he grew up and lived until the age of eighteen. After high school, Eliot studied at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA and the Sorbonne in Paris, France. Eventually, Eliot ended up in England where he married his wife Vivien and spent the remainder of his life

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