Prufrock’s Love Ballad

Prufrock s a man alone and only people he talks to are those he meets at his parties. He hates the lifestyle, but must endure and live through it. The overlying aspect of suicide permeates through the song but it is never addressed directly.  Prufrock’s lifestyle is forcing him to live alone because instead of trying to enhance his relationship with a person, he trys to spread himself too thin at these different parties. The question of what he does is up to interpretation because the ending is left up to the reader to decide on.

The Modernist Literature has really brought poetry to a totally new level in my opinion.  The ability to develop a story while still able to portray an abstract idea or theme.  It has stories that we directly relate to such as the thought of suicide or the death of a close worker, it allows us to see under lying themes while giving us a story to keep us interested.