The Love Song is the lifetime of laments that one old-aged man remembers, which consist of his past failures. He then puts them into the context of his now-meaningless life to try to comprehend the significance and compensate for his loneliness. Through Eliot's rich imagery and excellent use of Poetic Language, Prufrock's explanation of his memories, his experiences and most importantly, his feelings (most of which are doubt) come alive in this poem. Prufrock's dichotomy …showed first 75 words of 705 total…

…showed last 75 words of 705 total…fills almost every line with the imagery and depth that somehow becomes less prevalent as the poem progresses. The connotation of his chorus "In the room the women come and go, talking of Michaelmalangelo (Homer, 1221) could represent the repetition of the high society's lifestyle of which he is not a member. This is also his lamentable reply. The dry cracker. These elements amalgamate with Eliot's excellent ability to simply explain a complex and underwritten subject.