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    The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufock Analysis Love is a powerful emotional drive that many authors write about. Many seek to obtain love‚ but never do. In the poem The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufock by T.S Elliot‚ this is true of Alfred Prufock. The meaning gathered from this poem is that‚ Prufock isn’t skilled at engaging in social intimacy because of his negative perceptions of the world. Three shifts in the poem amplify this meaning are shown in his dark descriptions of his surroundings‚ his

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    Priscilla Grunauer Period 3 3-27-07 3. The evening in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is compared with “a patient etherized upon a table‚” the “evening is spread out against the sky.” T.S. Eliot has compared his lonely night to a patient who is under an anesthetic‚ completely numb to all that surrounds him. “The evening is spread out against the sky‚” gives a very distinct image lending itself to another image; a patient spread upon an operating table completely subdued. 7. The obvious

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    The journey of life will ultimately always end in death. In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Elliot‚ we can interpret the story in many ways‚ but in Emily Dickenson’s “712”‚ we see common traits between both poems. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a story of a man. The entire poem is based off of Dante’s “Inferno”. Bringing into the thought that everyone has their own personal hell depending on their life. Prufrock‚ to me‚ is already in his hell not traveling to death. We see references

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    The piece of literature that has expanded my intellectual and aesthetic views this semesters would be The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot. This pieces has expanded my intellectual views immensely because it has taught me not to judge a book by its cover (in this case a poem by its title). I am from a small town‚ and in my town everyone likes the same things. So‚ if someone liked poetry or mythology they were considered weird: however‚ in no way‚ shape‚ or form am I trying to accuse

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    The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock 1. List of characteristics: * Romantic * Curious * Discouraged * Mysterious * Infertility * Desperate for love and women * Eloquent * Isolated / Alienated * Hopeless * Easily influenced * Chaotic * Suicidal * Neurotic * Descriptive The narrator is a pathetic man whose anxieties and obsessions have isolated him from society. “Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels” Prufrock is tired of his

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    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

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    “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” By: T. S. Eliot The poem by T.S. Eliot “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a dramatic monologue written in 1915. Close to the end of the poem Mr. Prufrock stated “It is impossible to say just what I mean” (104). This statement will be analyzed to discover the hidden connotation of this phrase and convey the speaker’s ultimate goal. The questions that will be answered are: What does Prufrock mean when stating “It is impossible to say just what I mean” (104)

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    Landscape in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot Although the full meaning within T. S. Eliot’s dense poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” proves difficult to grasp‚ the deep meaning packed into every word makes the pursuit to understanding this poem a never-ending adventure. Scenery in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” represents an intensely psychological account which should never‚ in any instance‚ by taken literally. The loss of time‚ the confusion of past‚ present

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    In T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚” Eliot develops the character‚ J. Alfred Prufrock using allusions to other works of literature such as‚ Dante’s Inferno‚ Marvel’s “His Coy Mistress‚”. In this way‚ Eliot sets forth a psychological comparison to assist the reader in understanding of Prufrock’s psyche and existentialist attitude toward life. Dante’s Inferno is his allegorical depiction of hell that depicts hell as a set of nine levels (or circles) closely aligned to the

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    How has Eliot used both conventional and Modernist poetic techniques to represent his Modernist concerns? The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Preludes expresses Eliot’s Modernist concerns about the lack of morals and values in modern society through the use of personas within the urban landscape and the urban society. Modern man’s lifestyle of repetition of trivial tasks and the lack of meaningful things in life is represented and emphasised through the use of alliteration‚ metaphor‚ fragmentation

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