The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufiock

The Love Song of J . Alfred Prufrock

The Love Song of J . Alfred Prufrock is a poem about a man who is either dying or thinking about death . The thesis of this poem is dying or the idea of dying could cause a person to reflect back on his or her life Some of the evidence that T .S . Eliot provides to justify the thesis dying or the idea of it bringing about reflection about one 's life begins in the very first stanza of this poem . Eliot invites the reader to along

as Mr . Prufrock revisits his one night stands and some of the restaurants he took his dates to before the one night stands (Eliot 1280

The first stanza of The Love Song of J . Alfred Prufrock reminds of the classic novel A Christmas Carol . This is because Eliot tells us we are not to ask any questions while we are visiting our past in line 12 of the poem (Eliot 1280 . This is just like A Christmas Carol because in it the Ghost of Christmas Past tells Scrooge that he can 't ask questions while visiting his past . He is just to observe just like J . Alfred Prufrock

Another bit of evidence that supports the thesis of this poem involves the question , Do I dare and the line about turning back and descending the stair . These lines seem to justify the thesis because they allude to the fact that we think about the decisions we have made in life when we are dying or thinking about it . In addition , lines 38 and 39 of the poem talk about deciding if we would go back and changing anything in our lives (Eliot 1281

The thesis about death and reflection comes through loud and clear when Eliot discusses Prufrock actually seeing death and being scared . Death is illustrated by the eternal Footman in line 86 (Eliot 1282 . In addition , when talking about all the cups of tea , scones with marmalade and talks with people , he wonders if his life was worth it (Eliot 1282 He is reflecting on the worthiness of his life . Many humans do this when they are dying or they are thinking about dying someday

I agree with the evidence that justifies the dying and reflection thesis . This is because when people are dying or thinking about the idea of dying they often take a walk down memory lane whether that trip is literal or figurative . In addition , this thesis makes sense because we often reflect on whether our life has been worth and if we would have changed anything in our lives . Plus , we often do reflect on the millions of cups of tea we have drank , the thousands of books we have read , and the amount of people we have met in people we have met in our lives when thinking about death . The Love Song of J . Alfred Prufrock is a good an interesting poem because it is relevant today

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