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The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock

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See the analysis templates for poetry analysis in the AP exam here:

Poetry Prompt AP Lit Exam

 

Text of the poem:

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20220


Ideas and discussion points:

“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

  • dramatic monologue
    • The speaker is not the author.
    • Equivalent to a soliloquy

 

  • “stream of consciousness”
    • The poem can be understood as the fragmentary and rambling thoughts of the speaker.

 

  • Modernism
    • ennui = boredom + desperation
    • alienation
    • loss of coherence
    • inability to access the past
    • fear of the future
    • paralysis
    • “the overwhelming question” 

 

Discussion:

  • Why do you think the poem is called a “love song”? (irony alert)
  • Give a brief character analysis of Prufrock. What makes him “modern”? 
  • Whom is Prufrock addressing? Who is "you"?

 


 

T.S. Eliot reads his poem

 

 

Some analysis and hand holding through the poem:

http://www.shmoop.com/love-song-alfred-prufrock/analysis.html


 

Prufrock films and mash-ups:

 

 

 

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