The Murder of Dreams
Examine how Eliot utilizes literary devices to convey and enhance one of the themes of his poem. You may want to consider tone, diction, allusion and/ or imagery when creating your analysis. “The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock” is a collection of fragmented depressing thoughts of a man, Prufrock with no self esteem. When one thinks of the title “The Love song” one often assumes the poem is based affection, and their one true love. “ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is evidently an ironic poem in which the author weakens the expectations of the poem. The Setting of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is the farthest thing from a Love song, witch gives the poem a Ironic flair; irony being one of the Literary devices the author has implemented in the poem . In Eliot’s poem “The …show more content…
Due to the Fact that the character has created un realistic expectations, he fears and anticipates rejection, there for isolating him self from the world. The lines “ In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo” suggest his disconnect from women. Theses women Prufrock speaks about are upper class women, talking about fine renaissance art , who clearly Prufrock does not fit in with; there for showing disconnect and isolation from the world. The author presents the literary device of imagery to provide evidence of isolation. Prufrock believes he should have been a bottom feeder“I should have been a pair of ragged claws/ scuttling across the floors of silent seas”, by describing himself this way proves he has no confidences, witch creates him to isolate himself from the world. Prufrock lack’s the skill to express himself in social situations with female’s there for isolating himself. “Isolation is a dream Killer” witch enables Prufrock to ever reach his Idealized
Examine how Eliot utilizes literary devices to convey and enhance one of the themes of his poem. You may want to consider tone, diction, allusion and/ or imagery when creating your analysis. “The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock” is a collection of fragmented depressing thoughts of a man, Prufrock with no self esteem. When one thinks of the title “The Love song” one often assumes the poem is based affection, and their one true love. “ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is evidently an ironic poem in which the author weakens the expectations of the poem. The Setting of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is the farthest thing from a Love song, witch gives the poem a Ironic flair; irony being one of the Literary devices the author has implemented in the poem . In Eliot’s poem “The …show more content…
Due to the Fact that the character has created un realistic expectations, he fears and anticipates rejection, there for isolating him self from the world. The lines “ In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo” suggest his disconnect from women. Theses women Prufrock speaks about are upper class women, talking about fine renaissance art , who clearly Prufrock does not fit in with; there for showing disconnect and isolation from the world. The author presents the literary device of imagery to provide evidence of isolation. Prufrock believes he should have been a bottom feeder“I should have been a pair of ragged claws/ scuttling across the floors of silent seas”, by describing himself this way proves he has no confidences, witch creates him to isolate himself from the world. Prufrock lack’s the skill to express himself in social situations with female’s there for isolating himself. “Isolation is a dream Killer” witch enables Prufrock to ever reach his Idealized