The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is T. S. Eliot's landmark modernist poem, narrated by a middle-aged man paralysed by indecision and self-consciousness as he moves through foggy urban streets toward a social gathering. Prufrock obsesses over how others perceive him — his thinning hair, his thin arms — while wrestling with an unasked, overwhelming question he can never quite bring himself to voice. Longing mingles with irony as he compares himself to Hamlet, imagines mermaids, and measures his diminished life in coffee spoons.
Become a supporter of this podcast…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.