The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock T.S. Eliot

High culture bears a great significance in Eliot’s poetry and in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock he expresses its significance in life and the valuable lessons it can provide. He also manifests his concerns about culture’s influence on his...

Human nature is inherently chaotic, and one of the few ways in which we can attempt to order our lives is by sharing our grievances and concerns with others—hence, our need for art. Inevitably, poetry such as T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J....

There are many overarching themes that can be applied to the different genres of literature. People can relate to these themes, and they can be applied to short fiction, poetry and drama. The theme of fate is something that can be applied to all...

Ernest Hemingway’s “the snow of Kilimanjaro” (Moreira 1) is modernistic. It has a number of characteristics common for modernist art. The poet switches between the traditional and the modern. The italicized passages reveal the memories and...

The idea that poetic forms are sensitive to and affected by the pressures of history is undisputed; yet whether a poet embraces this or challenges it varies. The adoption of a specific form inevitably implies historical concern. This is evident...

Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, The Sundays of Satin-Legs Smith, refers to, alludes to, and shares many commonalities with T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Through analysis, it has become apparent that Brooks' poem embodies many of the...

In both the poetry of Hardy and Eliot, time is used as a key feature to portray feeling about the external world and speakers’ own positions within the universe. Whilst Hardy often uses time to signify the idea that time has the ability to heal...

Because a shift to modernity can result in enormous, but detrimental, social change, T. S. Eliot’s dramatic monologue, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, criticizes the changing nature of society, characterized by the abandonment of...

In T.S. Elliot’s poem The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock, the author utilizes the structure of the Victorian dramatic monologue to give voice to Prufrock, a man who spends his allotted lines questioning both himself and the world around him. In...