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Poetry Analysis of T.S. Eliots `The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock`

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An Analysis of Literary Allusions in T . S . Eliot 's The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock

I . Introduction

The 1915 classic poem The Love Song of J . Alfred Prufrock ' by T . S Eliot is one of the most popular representations of English poetry , and is often anthologized in many literary collections . That it is called a `love song ' reveals it as a profession of affection by a man to his ladylove , evidenced by the first line Let us go then

, you and I (Eliot 1 , but upon further reading the poem may also be understood as referring to the reader , or even an internal monologue - technically a literary device called stream of consciousness . Within Prufrock 's continuous s of people , places , and events , there is an apparent mode of observing and theorizing the constant questioning and lamentations somehow illustrate , more than his romantic interest in the woman , Prufrock 's general discontent and criticism of the society he is in . But the question of the poem 's addressee may be answered by the author 's use of literary allusions - a clear referencing of already-existing literature - for only the informed and educated would place each one . Therefore , with the appropriation of such , Prufrock 's concern of disillusionment is uncovered , without explicitly stating it a reason could be fear of being judged or ostracized , as British society at the time may not have been welcome to criticisms . In the poem , the literary allusions used may...

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