The poem consists of the musings of Prufrock, a weary middle-aged man haunted by the feeling that he has lost both youth and happiness: I have measured out. The poem is a monologue of a fictional character, Prufrock, who is overly concerned with what people might think about him and filled with. Alfred Prufrock The Waste Land Section I: The Burial of the Dead The Waste Land Section II: A Game of Chess The Waste Land Section III: The Fire Sermon Suggestions for Further Reading Quotes The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (Prufork for short) is not a love song at all, but musings of a lonely middle-aged man, filled with self doubt and social paralysis. Eliot, published in Poetry magazine in 1915 and in book form in Prufrock and Other Observations in 1917. First published in 1915, the Love Song of J. They will say: 'How his hair is growing thin' My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin. She is a trustee and editor for Magma Poetry and has been Poet in Residence for the National Trust, Tate Britain, The John Hansard Gallery, K6 Gallery, SPUD (the Observatory), conservation organisation Back from the Brink, and was poet in residence at Royal Holloway University physics department, writing about the Cassini Space Mission.Įlla is in conversation with The Poetry Exchange hosts Fiona Bennett and Michael Shaeffer.īuy 76. Alfred Prufrock, dramatic monologue by T.S. With a bald spot in the middle of my hair. it would have got to me worse than the wasp factory by iain banks. In this poem Prufrock is portrayed as a sad and tormented man that simply doesn. Eliot showcases diction, imagery, and allusion to express the speaker’s complex attitude towards his life. Her latest pamphlet I AM THE MOTHER CAT written as part of her residency at John Hansard Gallery is out with Rough Trade Books (2021).Įlla was recently named Poet in Residence for the Dartington Trust’s grade II listed Gardens, selected by Alice Oswald. Alfred Prufrock, as a picture of the Modern human condition, portrays humanity as doomed to forever wander around, never really. Not all love songs have a happy ending after all. Her debut collection, Shine, Darling, (Offord Road Books, 2020) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was shortlisted for both the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, and the T. Eliot.Įlla Frears is a poet and artist based in London. In this episode, poet Ella Frears talks about the poem that has been a friend to her: The The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock seems an unlikely romantic hero, capable of singing a love song.Introduction: The epigram is from Dantes Inferno.
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