“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” contains T.S. Eliot’s perception on modern man. The narrator of the poem, J. Alfred Prufrock, represents Eliot’s depiction of modern man. Eliot explains his reasons for writing about this topic by saying, "Poetry may help to break up the conventional modes of perception and valuation which are perpetually forming, and make people see the world afresh, or some new part of it. It may make …showed first 75 words of 1233 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1233 total…the point in expressing his love because of the fear of being rejected. Elliot's depiction of the worries of aging is a major aspect incorporated into the poem. Although Prufrock is a man of knowledge and society he is still a misfit because of a little characteristic about which he can do nothing. Age kills us all, but for Prufrock and T.S. Eliot it has already killed their certitude in modern man. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**