Describe The Speaker Of J. Alfred Prufrock's 'Love Song'
1. Describe the speaker of this poem:
J. Alfred Prufrock, the speaker of this poem, is a lonely middle-aged man who is still looking for love. He admits to himself that no-one would love him back even if he would to try. And he already feels like that he's alienated for society and it has made him into a lonely person. Also, he tends to avoid doing things out of the ordinary because it would disturb his daily routine. And he really like fantasy because it doesn't make him uncomfortable and he can always escape to his imaginations—unlike reality.
2. Is this a love song? In what ways does it fit or not fit our assumptions about love songs?
This poem isn't a love song because Prufrock keeps on hesitating and loathing about himself and his choices. He believes that he will receive unrequited love if he would to actually try his hardest. And he realized that the reason why "the moment of [his] greatness flicker[ed]" (84) was because he was afraid. Unlike many other love songs, it doesn't contain a happy ending for Prufrock as he wakes up from his day dream by other people. …show more content…
Find one image in the poem. Give the line number(s) of it. What is this an image of, and why did it attract you as worth noting:
"When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherised upon a table..." (2-3). This image is interesting because Prufrock compares the evening sky to an operating table with a patient who was given ether. It caught my attention because it was an untraditional way to start off a love song/poem; however, it made sense to me.
4. Select what you think are perhaps the most important lines and give the line numbers here. Why are these lines
J. Alfred Prufrock, the speaker of this poem, is a lonely middle-aged man who is still looking for love. He admits to himself that no-one would love him back even if he would to try. And he already feels like that he's alienated for society and it has made him into a lonely person. Also, he tends to avoid doing things out of the ordinary because it would disturb his daily routine. And he really like fantasy because it doesn't make him uncomfortable and he can always escape to his imaginations—unlike reality.
2. Is this a love song? In what ways does it fit or not fit our assumptions about love songs?
This poem isn't a love song because Prufrock keeps on hesitating and loathing about himself and his choices. He believes that he will receive unrequited love if he would to actually try his hardest. And he realized that the reason why "the moment of [his] greatness flicker[ed]" (84) was because he was afraid. Unlike many other love songs, it doesn't contain a happy ending for Prufrock as he wakes up from his day dream by other people. …show more content…
Find one image in the poem. Give the line number(s) of it. What is this an image of, and why did it attract you as worth noting:
"When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherised upon a table..." (2-3). This image is interesting because Prufrock compares the evening sky to an operating table with a patient who was given ether. It caught my attention because it was an untraditional way to start off a love song/poem; however, it made sense to me.
4. Select what you think are perhaps the most important lines and give the line numbers here. Why are these lines