Beginning of Essay
T. S. Eliot’s poem “The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is quite a lengthy poem for the novice poetry reader, which consists of some 130 lines. Yet, it is the poem’s mass that enables the rookie to discern the theme at length. In the beg ....

Middle of Essay
.... are several meanings in the poem that suggest this. Eliot uses the words, “And how should I begin?” and “How should I presume?” repetitiously. This shows the narrator is unconfident with himself mentally and physically. Lines 41 and 44, “(They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”)”, and “(They will say: “But how his arms and legs are thin!”)” indicates he is terrified of what will happen if people see his balding head or his slim and aging body. He feels that people will think he is old and useless and that they will talk about him behind his back. Another suggestion ....