T.S. Eliot's poem, ironically titled a "love song", is carefully constructed in a series of fragments; the consequent tonal and structural discontinuity, as well as abruptly shifting images and focus, dramatises a scattered life and a fragmented human psyche. The poem details a moral and spiritual journey, a descent suffered by T.S. Eliot's dramatic persona, the narrator and protagonist, Prufrock. The descent eventually devolves into the spiritual death of Prufrock when, having glimpsed a moment of redemptive beauty, "human voices wake" him and he "drown(s)". T.S. Eliot uses Prufrock and the radical poetic methods to explore a modern condition: a sense of social and moral corruption. Prufrock's lack of connection with others, his alienation, self debasement and absence of passion prevent him from discovering the meaning of life and redeeming his inner self. T.S. Eliot plunges Prufrock into the recognition of personal inadequacy, accompanied by an unrelenting desire for significance and recognition.

T.S. Eliot's use of Dante's Inferno for his intellectually erudite epigraph introduces his vision o

Prufrock opens inviting readers to join him, "Let us go then you and I". The tale of his emotional demise is heralded by unromantic imagery, "When the evening is spread out against the sky", which T.S. Eliot follows by hinting at Prufrock's detachment from the human heart:

Mocking Prufrock, T.S. Eliot indicates Prufrock's inability to engage fully with life, his avoidance of choice and fear of closeness, further explored later in the poem. Recurring questions; "¥Do I dare?' and, ¥Do I dare?'", "And should I then presume?/ And how should I begin?", reveal T.S. Eliot's critical view of Prufrock as timid, self conscious and self-protective. Prufrock's timidity prevents him from forming intimate connection; his fear of failure prevents him from trying.

Here, T.S. Eliot uses complex compressed imagery sympathetically, suspending Prufrock's self-mockery, to dramatise Prufrock's self-perceived failure in life. Prufrock reduces himself to a primitive creature, revealing sentiments of displacement and alienation and a profound self-debasement.

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