Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: And Other Poems
by T.S. Eliotpublished
December 1976
by Amereon Limited
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0848809971
(isbn13: 9780848809973)
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Question: Why oh why do they make children read Prufrock in school? How can a kid, having run in from recess with pink perfect cheeks and years to go before hairs start sprouting out of weird places, have any idea what T.S. Eliot is talking about? How can someone who thinks 21-year-olds are ancient, possibly get Prufrock? I remember being asked to read this poem in fourth grade, and it is touching in an odd way to think back on the scene in the classroom - my 40-ish, balding teacher, bent...more
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Perhaps my favorite poem for its vivid use of imagery and metaphor. One of my favorite memories of the play is the Crash Test Dummies song, "Afternoons and Coffeespoons," popular at the same time I read this poem.
In the room the women come and go/Talking of Michelangelo.
There will be time, there will be time
To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet;
There will be time to murder and create,
And time for all the works and days of hands,
That lift and drop a questi...more
In the room the women come and go/Talking of Michelangelo.
There will be time, there will be time
To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet;
There will be time to murder and create,
And time for all the works and days of hands,
That lift and drop a questi...more
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Love Song is my favorite poem of all time, I love the images and the rythm of the piece. The main character never finds peace and instead is constantly questioning his position and status in life. He isn't trying to decieve himself he seems to be searching for something beautiful. That something that has evaded him in life, but finds him in death. It is one of the most hopelessly beautiful pieces written in the English language, or at least in my humble opinion.
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Read in February, 1998
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My English teacherrecommends it for: poetry lovers
I adore Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, I studied it at school whilst doing A Level English Literature and it holds a special place in my heart. There was something about the imagery Eliot uses and the solitude of Prufrock, that I could really relate to at that time and I take something new away with me almost everytime I read the poem.
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I've read the Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock multiple times and each time i draw something new an interesting from it. It is one of the best works of Poetry in poetry's large and pretentious pantheon.
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I hate poetry, with the exception of epic poems, some Poe that I liked when I was a kid, but Elliot is the only poet worthy of the title as far as I am concerned. Prufrock is one of my favorites.
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Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is one of my favorite poems and will always bring back bittersweet memories....but as Kenny Chesney said "I can't go there..."
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Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, probably my favorite poem ever
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Read in October, 2005
Gorgeous. Absolutely, amazingly, heart-renderingly gorgeous.
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I've read Prufrock several times, and it's a fun poem.
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This is my favorite poem.
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