Prufrock contemplates on whether he can find value in the cold superficial environment by asking the question, "Do I dare/Disturb the universe (45-46)?- He feels if he can gather the courage to ask the question, he may be able to find value in his life: "would it have been worth while/To have bitten off the matter with a smile,/To have squeezed the universe into a ball (90-92)."" He fails to do both tasks.
The themes of time's passage and age continue to illustrate the unhappiness of Prufrock's life throughout the poem. Prufrock reveals the parts of his life he has lived: "I have measured out my life in coffee spoons (51)."" This shows Prufrock's inability to seize the day. He also employs his thinning hair and resulting bald spot as indicators of age and how he feels now that he is past his prime: "Time to turn back and descend the stair,/With a bald spot in the middle of my hair "(They will say: How his hair is growing thin') (39-41)."" This shows how Prufrock is feared of being laughed at. This line also shows Prufrock's desire to "disturb the universe,"" and his fear that he will be scoffed at for not acting his proper age (46). When he speaks of time it is in a contradictory fashion. One way he feels a sense of urgency as he travels to the party is by deciding if he will ask his question. Yet he tells us time is plentiful, stating "there will be time for you and time for me/And time yet for a hundred indecisions/And for a hundred visions and revisions/Before taking of the toast and tea (31-34)."" This shows Prufrock trying to escape his conviction of asking the question.
Prufrock's growing lack of concern towards others reflects his aging weariness. He has catered to the scene of high society for years and remains unaware of how time has embedded the same emptiness into his own nature: "For I have known them all already, known them all/ I know the voices with a dying fall/ And I have known the eyes already, known them all/ And I have known the arms already, known them all (49, 52, 55, 62).
Elliots "The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock" In T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" Elliot continually writes in the voice of Prufrock, and Prufrock struggles to answer his life's "overwhelming question." (10) With what is J. ... In The Love Song of J. ...
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In the third stanza of "The Lovely Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," the use of imagery and an extended metaphor, along with other literary devices, paints J. ... T.S. ... "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,"" is ironically named a love song when it is not. ...
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T.S Elliot's poem "The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock- portrays a man that is pathetic but not grand enough to be tragic. Prufrock is an insecure man trapped behind bars of daily routine that he created for himself. ... (Elliot, 1363) Prufrock feels alone in the world; he feels as if he is an outcast, although he goes rather unnoticed everywhere he goes. Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening- depicts a character that is a bit more sensitive than Prufrock but equally as alienated. ...
