Explication of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Essay -- Poems Poet

Explication of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Prufrock begins his Love song with a peculiar(a) quote from Dantes Divine Comedy. It reads If I believed that my answer were to a person who could ever return to the world, this flame would no longer quiver. But because no one and only(a) ever returned from this depth, if what I hear is true, without fear of infamy, I answer you. In the Divine Comedy these lines be spoken by a damned nous who had sought absolution before committing a crime. I think that Eliot chose this quote to show that Prufrock is also looking for absolution, but for what he is unsure.Let us go then, you and I, (1). We are being offered an invitation into Prufrocks world. As you read on you see what Prufrock sees and how he perceives it. Take for example, line 3, where he says Like a patient etherized upon a table. On the line before he is describing the evening sky. Prufrock is feeling oppressed by the night sky, or maybe the world in genera l. The intelligence service etherized makes me think he feels helpless. Then you pass by cheap hotels, and restaurants with sawdust floors. Prufrock seems to be getting annoyed when he says, Streets that follow like a tedious object/ Of insidious intent (8-9). Will these streets never end? Is it their goal to annoy me? Are questions I can imagine him asking himself. Then the whimsy kicks in. Do these streets lead to one overwhelming question? Oh, do not ask, What is it? (11) Prufrock seems to be pleading. Whatever you do, dont ask me that question. There is no choice, whatever the destination, we mustiness accompany him and we must make our vi nonplus.In the room the women come and go/ Talking of Michelangelo (13-14). We have arrived at o... ...t a bit obtuse/At times, indeed, almost ridiculous-/ Almost, at times, the Fool (112-119)Prufrock is describing himself as he sees himself. Honestly, and without glory. That is who HE is. In the next two lines we see his wear iness with his current lifestyle. He just wants to sit back and relax. Not worry about what everyone else thinks. He has seen social bells sing to each other, but not to him. He has seen them come and go and grow rare in style. That is not what he wants.We have lingered in the chambers of the sea/ By sea-girls wreathed in seaweed red and brown,/ Till human voices wake us, and we drown (129-131). We spirited in the delusional social world. Surrounded by beauties of all kinds. Eventually, the beauty fades and we realize what is important in life, but usually by then we are drowning or dying and dont have the time to enjoy it.