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    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 “stream of consciousness” writing, an unconventional structure, alluding to earlier authors, and a confused state of identity or reality, just to name a few. With this style, Eliot created the character of J. Alfred Prufrock, a nervous and indecisive

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    In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, T.S. Eliot allows readers to observe the thoughts of a man overwhelmed with anxiety. The main character, J. Alfred Prufrock, struggles with his thoughts about social interactions with women while on his way to visit someone. Because of his perspective of women, Prufrock is unable to interact with women as an average person would. Despite his desire to interact with women, Prufrock’s anxiety and assumptions control the way his situations play out.

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    of Prufrock in The Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by the constant defeatist attitude that he exhibits. Prufrock is in hell simply because he allows himself to suffer through life while both attempting and achieving nothing. His hell is not quite the same as Dante's literal tour of hell rather his is a self-imposed outlook. Prufrock goes about wallowing in self-pity and rather than making a change to improve himself he is content with his lot in life over the fear of failure or rejection. Prufrock overall

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    Literary Analysis: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock In T. S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (stanza 8), he associates the spoons he uses to measure his coffee every day to the measurement of his life. The narrator says “I have measured out my life in coffee spoons” (line 51). This metaphor connects to the theme of time because the coffee is what he is spending his time alive on. He lives life from one cup of coffee to the next. His life is passing and he is living an isolated and

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    The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock In T.S.Eliot’s poem The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock, he describes the evening, Prufrock’s surroundings, and the thoughts flowing through his head. Through personification, allusions, and imagery, he supports a message that you must use your time wisely in order to accomplish a desired goal. Overall, the tone/mood of the poem is lonely and depressing. Personification is the act of adding a human or animal-like characteristic to an inanimate object in the hope

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    In T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, the title alone is ironic because throughout the poem Prufrock struggles with being unable to talk to anyone, yet the poem is supposed to be a “love song” (Eliot). The epigraph of the poem is quoted directly from Dante’s “Inferno”, the translation says “If I thought that my answer were being made to someone who would ever return to earth, this flame would remain without further movement; but since no one has ever returned alive from this depth

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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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    The poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” written by T.S. Eliot, uses many literary sound devices, sensory references, and other literary techniques in order to convey the meaning of the poem. Eliot conveys such meaning throughout the poem in many ways, such as the timeframe, the speaker’s speech, and other imagery are used to convey the poem’s meaning of social isolation and indecisiveness. In the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, Eliot uses multiple references of imagery to define

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    In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Eliot tells his poem through the voice of Prufrock himself, where Prufrock invites readers to join him in his endeavors of the past and future. Throughout the poem, Eliot uses the idea of time in its composition and in the character development of his speaker. Readers are placed in the moments of the past, “before the taking of a toast and tea,” and of the future, “after the cups, the marmalade, the tea” (34, 88). Eliot’s poem ricochets back and forth between

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    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 of a man. Prufrock’s hesitation to ask a woman about her feelings allows for these characteristics to come through. Prufrock fits the description of men post war. “With

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