... mindless task. This metaphor shows the depth at which J. Prufrock overthinks his issue, in addition, to the fact he wishes to not be mentally paralyzed. T.S. Eliot's use of hyperbolic metaphor best illustrates Prufrock's paralyzed personality. Toward the end of the poem, Eliot writes: "And it would it have been worth it, ... after all, To have squeezed the universe into a ball, To roll it toward some overwhelming question, To say: "I am Lazarus, come from the dead, Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all"" (87-95). Once again, Prufrock ... his situation keeps getting grander and...

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"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot differs from the conventional love song. It is rather the melancholy mutterings of a displaced, inhibited man. Whether "The Love Son of J. Alfred Prufrock" was meant to be an expression of love or not, I feel the true distinction rests ... drowns, passively accepting the death of his long sought triumph by sinking into a somber, dispassionate existence. Eliot begins the poem with an epigraph from Dante's Inferno suggesting that Prufrock speaks only because he is sure no one will listen and what has or has not been done will ... remain in th...

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• Grade Level: High School