In The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S Eliot the audience is presented with the perspective of Prufrock on his romantic life and experiences with a negative tone in regard to his failure . Prufrock speaks of going out on the streets at night alone with “the one” . He does not know who will be that “one:” and he fears that he will have wasted his life away. He fears that he will never find that women and ask them the “overwhelming question”.
This work was published in 1915 by American-British poet T.S Eliot. It was published in Britain in a collection of Eliot's works. In the work what J. Alfred Prufrock lusts for is indicative of that time. He says “And indeed there will be time To wonder Do I dare?” implying that Prufrock believes he does not need to ask his overwhelming question at this moment in the streets but rather he will wait to find the …show more content…
This is evidenced in the lines “Do I dare disturb the universe?” and “ I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling along the floors of the seas” . Both these lines focus heavily on Prufrock's heavy internal disgrace for not asking the question and being to worried about self protection. In modern culture the idea of regretting one's previous actions or lack of action has become prevalent in music. There is a multitude of songs that speaks to the audience that they are not the only ones who feel this way and that there is plenty of people who they could sympathize with. Due to this a modern writing of this piece would be written like a friend talking to you and have more of a casual diction as opposed to the current first person perspective with diction of a crazy man. The lines referenced above would turn into “ Who did we think we were to try to change the universe's plan for us?” and “ We weren’t meant to find the one we would have been better off born a phone case and having a purpose”
This work was published in 1915 by American-British poet T.S Eliot. It was published in Britain in a collection of Eliot's works. In the work what J. Alfred Prufrock lusts for is indicative of that time. He says “And indeed there will be time To wonder Do I dare?” implying that Prufrock believes he does not need to ask his overwhelming question at this moment in the streets but rather he will wait to find the …show more content…
This is evidenced in the lines “Do I dare disturb the universe?” and “ I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling along the floors of the seas” . Both these lines focus heavily on Prufrock's heavy internal disgrace for not asking the question and being to worried about self protection. In modern culture the idea of regretting one's previous actions or lack of action has become prevalent in music. There is a multitude of songs that speaks to the audience that they are not the only ones who feel this way and that there is plenty of people who they could sympathize with. Due to this a modern writing of this piece would be written like a friend talking to you and have more of a casual diction as opposed to the current first person perspective with diction of a crazy man. The lines referenced above would turn into “ Who did we think we were to try to change the universe's plan for us?” and “ We weren’t meant to find the one we would have been better off born a phone case and having a purpose”