... became the object of his bitterly critical poetry. His first important publication, and the first masterpiece of modernism in English, was The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, which was later included in Eliot's first volume, Prufrock and Other Observations (1917). They believe that this publication marked the maturity of the 20th century poetic revolution, as the reformation of verse rhythms and poetic ... ...

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... people in need of stimulus, whilst the indolent conversation which follows indicates the hollow existence of Western aristocratic society; a concept explored further in Eliot's 'The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock', as '[he has] measured out [his] life in coffee spoons' implying a meticulously planned rationale, investing effort solely in the material tedium of 'drinking coffee'. The juxtaposition between &apos ... ...

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