Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Prufrock blog 30


Prufrock uses language as a gateway into Eliot’s mind. It is clear how the lines of the poem symbolize a deeper meaning that T.S. Eliot has for the words in his poem: “To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet” (27). While this clearly means that peoples internal feelings do not match those of the external, Eliot makes a point to emphasize how there will be time one day for all the strange quarks to be worn out and for there to be an almost perfect society. Eliot also makes many allusions to mythology and biblical stories like Lazarus. By using such high profile allusions, Eliot bolsters his image and forces the reader to read more deeply into the poem rather than simply skim the surface for some the superficial meaning of the poem.

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