Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock Essay -- T.S. Elliot

In the poetry The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Elliot, Prufrock is a man that is pessimistic, has low self-esteem, and has much internal conflict. He believes that he isnt good enough for the women of his desire this theme also be makes a motif. The epigraph of the poem is an excerpt from Dantes Inferno, in which that the perfect audience could only be person who would n ever be allowed into the real world where that person(s) might reveal Prufrocks idiosyncrasies. This of melodic phrase is impossible so therefore he must congealtle on a personal reflection, thus creating an interior dialogue. This in effect sets a mood of isolation giving the reader some foreshadowing in to what the poem will be about.The image of a patient etherized upon a table and half-deserted streets gives a more gloomy setting and adds to the isolation set forth by the epigraph. On lines 55-58, Prufrock compares himself to an insect being on parade for all to poke and prod. This is how he will feel if he where to ever try and talk to one of the girls that he is so fascinated with. The colour fog described on lines 15-25, refer to a giant computerized axial tomography spreading into every crevice and nook, spreading out enveloping everything in its path the color yellow is used to show the fog is in some manner tainted giving the feeling of being smothered. The lines In the room the women come and go talking of Michelangelo are repeated because it is this person that Prufrock compares himself to. Michela...