J Alfred Prufrock Diction
In the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” the various literary elements used is diction, repetition and allusion. It shows the poem main message stating that social rejection and a lack of ambusion has an outcome of a paranoid mental state.
Eliot uses the words "combing", "blows", "lingered", and "wreathed" as strong examples of diction.
Prufrock constantly mentions an excess of "time" the use of repetition, asking himself the same question, "Do I dare?". The repetition shows us Prufrock's indecisiveness because he needs to repeat things to himself to come up with a decision.
Another important element in this poem is In the very beginning of the poem, Eliot use a part of Dante's Inferno. Prufrock says these lines because he
Eliot uses the words "combing", "blows", "lingered", and "wreathed" as strong examples of diction.
Prufrock constantly mentions an excess of "time" the use of repetition, asking himself the same question, "Do I dare?". The repetition shows us Prufrock's indecisiveness because he needs to repeat things to himself to come up with a decision.
Another important element in this poem is In the very beginning of the poem, Eliot use a part of Dante's Inferno. Prufrock says these lines because he