T.S Eliot’s poetic style in “The Love Song of Prufrock” illustrates the shift from romanticism to modernism. Eliot alienates Prufrock throughout the poem further emphasizing the change imposed. To continue, Eliot introduces new themes and utilizes techniques such as free verse, irregular rhyming, fragmentation and stream of consciousness. To continue, these techniques directly correlate to the main character, J. Alfred Prufrock. In the poem, J. Alfred Prufrock does not feel comfortable in his society, he is tired of his artificial society and his search for a secure sense of identity turns out to be a big failure. Throughout the poem, Prufrock goes back and forth about a question he wants to ask; as a reader, one can infer that the question
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As a result, many people began to feel unsure about the future and experienced a certain dread. Society no longer trusted the ideas and values of the world that had brought such destruction and death. Furthermore, Modernist writers played around with many new approaches and techniques. To continue, Modernists shared the desire to capture modern life in the content and form of their work. For instance, in order to convey the fragmentation that was going on in society, the Modernists rejected the traditional standards of literature instilled from the previous Romantics. In poetry, the traditional forms were discarded for free verse; themes were much more subtle than in traditional works as well, forcing readers to draw their own conclusions. Eliot utilizes this technique with J. Alfred Prufrock throughout the poem, he never states what his question pertains to but subtle hints allow the reader to conclude that it’s about a woman, an example of this in the poem is demonstrated in these …show more content…
The lady is also imprisoned in her own sphere, and the two spheres can never, like soap bubbles, become one. Each is impenetrable to the other. (Miller) Modernism challenged the status quo and everything that people based their lives off for decades, it introduced change and broke the tradition from the romantic period of writing about nature and history. Instead, writers wrote about consciousness and inner self. The rapid change was due to the industrialization and introduction of new technology and machinery. Many Modernists were not fond of society’s industrialization and viewed it as cold machinery that increased people’s greed. An example of this reflected in the poem
As a result, many people began to feel unsure about the future and experienced a certain dread. Society no longer trusted the ideas and values of the world that had brought such destruction and death. Furthermore, Modernist writers played around with many new approaches and techniques. To continue, Modernists shared the desire to capture modern life in the content and form of their work. For instance, in order to convey the fragmentation that was going on in society, the Modernists rejected the traditional standards of literature instilled from the previous Romantics. In poetry, the traditional forms were discarded for free verse; themes were much more subtle than in traditional works as well, forcing readers to draw their own conclusions. Eliot utilizes this technique with J. Alfred Prufrock throughout the poem, he never states what his question pertains to but subtle hints allow the reader to conclude that it’s about a woman, an example of this in the poem is demonstrated in these …show more content…
The lady is also imprisoned in her own sphere, and the two spheres can never, like soap bubbles, become one. Each is impenetrable to the other. (Miller) Modernism challenged the status quo and everything that people based their lives off for decades, it introduced change and broke the tradition from the romantic period of writing about nature and history. Instead, writers wrote about consciousness and inner self. The rapid change was due to the industrialization and introduction of new technology and machinery. Many Modernists were not fond of society’s industrialization and viewed it as cold machinery that increased people’s greed. An example of this reflected in the poem