Prufrock

Ok... first of all, I would like to announce that I think "Prufrock" is incredibly amusing to say.

Now, to get serious. T.S. Eliot published "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in 1917. It is 130 lines broken up in 23 stanzas... yes it is a long poem... but it is definitely worth reading.

Eliot employs fascinating imagery with phrases such as:

"Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And of sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells"

At first, the way Eliot manipulated the sentences to make them rhyme seemed childish. However, I believe there is more to it. I guess I shall see during Thursday's discussion of Prufrock.