Monday, August 27, 2012

What is the climax of the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," and why is the climax important?

Theof The
Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock can be found near the end of the poem in stanza 15. The poem
revolves around the question that Prufrock is considering asking, but he is an indecisive man.
Lets review the poem to discuss the importance of the climax and realization in stanza
15.

The poem begins with an epigraph in Italian. The epigraph is a direct
quotation from The Inferno byAllegirhi presented in the original Italian.
Eliot doesnt translate it, but the lines are spoken in the poem by Guido de Montefeltro, who is
in the eighth circle of Hell. Guido is in the eighth circle because of sins he committed during
a war and having the audacity to ask for forgiveness before committing the sins (that's not the
way it works).

In the epigraph selection, he is telling Dante that he would
typically not speak of his sins because he wanted to keep his reputation intact on Earth but
that he will tell Dante because its unlikely he can go back to earth from Hell. The...

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