The Love Song J Alfred Prufolk
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is a beautifully written, but yet somewhat sad poem by poet T. S. Eliot. It tells the inner thoughts of a lonely man who is seeking love of a woman, but his own fear of rejection causes him to stray from following through with the action. The poem title itself is very ironic because the character himself is fearful, anti-heroic and unromantic. For someone who is in love, wants to find love, or wants to be in love they have to be courageous and willing to take whatever it brings even rejection. It is clear that Prufrock is afraid of being rejected because in various lines of the poem we see that he builds up to ask a question then strays away into a different thought. What is unclear however is whether Prufrock is speaking to someone or talking to his inner thoughts. Early on in the poem Prufrock paints a scene that is very unpleasant, Prufrock describes his surrounding with phrases that indicate glum and depression. He describes the night as “restless’ and speaks of streets that follow like a tedious argument and also of the yellow frog. All this imagery allows the reader to see Prufrock unhappiness with his surroundings; just as he is with being alone. The feeling of boredom with his life somewhat presents itself in lines 50-52, because he says he has "known them all already, known them all-have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons.” One gets the feeling that Prufrock seems to feel that his life is over and has nothing more to possibly offer. Prufrock makes many references to time in lines 27-35, he claims there is time to "meet faces", "murder and create", have a "hundred indecisions" and a "hundred visions and revisions". From this I gathered that he wishes he would have taken advantage of time and possibly done some things in his life differently.
In lines 70-75 makes references of walking through narrow streets at dusk and watching as lonely men lean out of windows smoking in shirtless sleeves, there is a
In lines 70-75 makes references of walking through narrow streets at dusk and watching as lonely men lean out of windows smoking in shirtless sleeves, there is a
Cited: Eliot, T.S. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Ed. John Clifford and John Schilb. 631-65. Hayman, Bruce. “How Old is Prufrock? Does He Want To Get Married?”639-42. Walcutt, Charles. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” 637-38. Waldoff, Leon. “Prufrock’s Defenses and Our Response.”642-44.