The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T.S. Eliot This poem successfully utilizes many literary techniques such as rhyme scheme, imagery, perspective, theme, sound, voice, repetition, and personification. The poem has a first person perspective and uses imagery, sound, and voice to help the reader understand who the man is that is speaking and how his perspective shapes the images and themes within the poem. The voice and tone of the poem suggest …showed first 75 words of 450 total…

…showed last 75 words of 450 total…many things are described with multiple adjectives. He describes the women around him as having arms “braceleted and white and bare (line 63).” It is obvious by this description that he wants to create a vivid image of the women he sees around him so that the readers may see themselves at his side. Throughout the poem the attention paid to details creates an atmosphere where the reader may become a (silent) character in the poem.