Analysis of T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

Analysis of T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” The poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” by T.S. Eliot, is a great piece to analyze. Eliot uses many different techniques to get his points across. In this particular poem, Eliot inserts great meaning, and uses a lot of symbolism and imagery to tell the story of J. Alfred Prufrock. J. Alfred Prufrock constantly lived in fear—the fear …showed first 75 words of 548 total…

…showed last 75 words of 548 total…million other ways, but the words that Eliot uses are carefully selected. There is no evident rhyming scheme to this poem, sometimes it’s every two lines, and sometimes every other line, but the poem does flow very well. In addition, meaning, symbolism, and imagery are all very apparent in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” T.S. Eliot does a wonderful job of expressing Prufrock’s feelings in this particular work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**