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This 3 page paper analyzes T. S. Eliot's work: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Quotes cited from source. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Throughout the text of the poem, the reader is moved from first one allusion to the next, so that eventually one is able to gather enough information to understand who
Prufrock is and what his problems are. In effect, then, a tale is woven of a man who has one all consuming question to be answered. The first hint
as to his identity and personality is by the reference to the old poem, To His Coy Mistress. This was an old English poem, considered quite erotic for its day
and age. It is a tale of seduction and quiet humor and its message is not to let life pass one by. But, the reader finds out that Prufrock has
been doing just that. His lifestyle and personality begin to unfold as one reads the excuses he gives for not becoming involved in life, especially with women. He is
completely the opposite of Marvells narrator. With the reference to Donnes mermaids, it is certain that he entertains fantasies, but that he believes that there are no women who are
trustworthy. The poem, itself, never comes out and states who the object of his affection is, but the reader has soon formed the opinion that Prufrock is socially and
sexually anxious and shy. The whole poem, then, is a testimonial to his incapacity to act on his desire to meet someone with whom to have a relationship. He continually
makes excuses. For example he says that he would have done so except that "after tea and cakes and ices, / Have the strength to force the moment to its
crisis"( Eliot 79-80). A particular notable image which is quite telling of the situation is the reference to his being "pinned and wriggling on the wall" as if he were
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