The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a landmark modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that explores themes of alienation, indecision, and existential anxiety through the interior monologue of its hesitant, self-conscious narrator.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
modernist poem
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poem → |
| alludesTo |
Hamlet
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Michelangelo → William Shakespeare → the Bible → |
| alsoKnownAs |
J. Alfred Prufrock
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Prufrock → |
| author |
T. S. Eliot
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticalReputation |
landmark of literary modernism
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| epigraphFrom |
Dante Alighieri
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| epigraphLanguage |
Italian
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| epigraphSourceWork |
Inferno
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| famousLine |
Do I dare disturb the universe?
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I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be → I have measured out my life with coffee spoons → In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo → Let us go then, you and I → |
| firstPublicationYear |
1915
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| firstPublishedBy |
Harriet Monroe
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| firstPublishedIn |
Poetry: A Magazine of Verse
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| firstPublishedInCity |
Chicago
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| form |
free verse
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| genre |
lyric poetry
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| language |
English
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| laterCollectionPublicationYear |
1917
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| laterPublishedIn |
Prufrock and Other Observations
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| literaryMovement |
Modernism
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| meter |
irregular
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| narrativeMode |
dramatic monologue
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interior monologue → |
| poet |
T. S. Eliot
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| setting |
drawing rooms
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modern city → streets → |
| speaker |
J. Alfred Prufrock
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| theme |
alienation
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existential anxiety → inadequacy → indecision → modern urban life → social paralysis → time and aging → unrequited love → |
| usesTechnique |
fragmentation
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imagery → intertextual allusion → irony → stream of consciousness → symbolism → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Stearns
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bearerNotableWork |
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T. S. Eliot
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notableWork |
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Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot
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spouseNotableWork |