"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is about the life story of a
             single character in his middle age, who is rather fearful of holding
             relationships. The epigraph is an emotional speech taken from Dante's
             "Inferno" that describes Prufrock's nature in depth. Prufrock describes his
             emotional state as being in a "hell," of his own feelings. The first
            
             forty-eight lines of the poem show the single character thinking of his
             isolated identity. He is a lover, but he doesn't have the confidence to
             commit his love to anyone special. In the poem, he refers to himself by
             using both "you and I" in line 1, walking the lonely walk on the city's sad
             streets. He notices the foggy evening coming down on him, as he begins to
             grow more and more hesitant, but he doesn't decide at the moment when he
            
             wonders, "should a middle-aged man even think of making a proposal of
             love'" This is evident in "Do I dare Disturb the universe'" he asks.
             From lines 49-110, Prufrock he tries to strike a balance between his desire
             and his doubt. His doubt is more profound in lines 87-110, were he feels
             that he would look stupid if he were to propose to a lady who never thought
             of him in the same way as a lover. He contemplates her cruel response:
             "That is not what I meant, at all."
            
             The Love Song is the poetry of a man who laments a lifetime of grief
             and fear due to his past failures. He tries to place his doubts into the
             context of his meaningless life to understand the impact of his isolation
             and try to compensate for his loneliness. Eliot uses rich imagination and
             superb poetic words, to create Prufrock's explanation of his memories,
             experiences and his feelings that are written in ways to make poem come to
            
             life.
            
             This poem is so popular amongst the younger generation because college
             is a time when one experiences the bitter side of love and relationships.
             Many heart-broken people can relate to the feelings of Prufrock ...