The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock By T. S.

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Have you ever even thought about how poets use their poems to influence your emotions, and how they grab your attention so well, or how they can describe certain scenes so incredibly robust? T.S. Eliot explains in ”The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock” his meaning through incredible use of diction, imagery, and tone to provoke a sense of sympathy for his inner struggles in life. There are many quotes in this poem to describe imagery, but I’m going to start small. ”When the evening is spread out against the sky”(line 2). He sets the stage for a dark and sad set of events yet to come. I could also use this same quote for tone, but for now, it’s only imagery.”After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, after the novels, after

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