Many twentieth century artists have explored humankind’s shared feelings of alienation and helplessness. Identify a modern song that you think helps to illuminate Prufrock’s character or some of the ideas in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot.
Quote the lyrics of the song and write an explanation of how the song reflects the character of Prufrock or the poem’s themes.
Help with analysis of Prufrock:
Summary
etext of poem with a few hyperlinks
The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock Study Guide
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Study Guide & Essays
The Prufrock Papers
THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT: 1948 Nobel Laureate in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1948:
T.S. Eliot
A Study of T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Literature Essay
Help finding song lyrics:
eLyrics
Help with quibbling about the human condition:
recall Honour and Certainty in Hamlet
Help with Modernism:
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (Nu descendant un escalier), 1912
Introduction to Modernism Research Topics
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Artist: Crash Test Dummies
Title: Afternoons & CoffeespoonsWhat is it that makes me just a little bit queasy?
There’s a breeze that makes my breathing not so easy
I’ve had my lungs checked out with X rays
I’ve smelled the hospital hallwaysSomeday I’ll have a disappearing hairline
Someday I’ll wear pyjamas in the daytimeTimes when the day is like a play by Sartre
When it seems a bookburning’s in perfect order –
I gave the doctor my description
I tried to stick to my prescriptionsSomeday I’ll have a disappearing hairline
Someday I’ll wear pyjamas in the daytimeAfternoons will be measured out
Measured out, measured with
Coffeespoons and T.S. EliotMaybe if I could do a play-by-playback
I could change the test results that I will get back
I’ve watched the summer evenings pass by
I’ve heard the rattle in my bronchi …Someday I’ll have a disappearing hairline
Someday I’ll wear pyjamas in the daytimeAfternoons will be measured out
Measured out, measured with
Coffeespoons and T.S. Eliot
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