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Livng in the Past Article and Assesment

The article Do You Live in the Past, Present, or Future? taught me that it is important to have a balanced time perspective. It said that it is important to know the way we think because it can help your creativity flow.

      My time perspective profile showed that I had the highest score on past posotives, my past positives was much higher than the ideal score. My past negatives was a 3.3 which is higher than the ideal score. My Present-fatalisticy score was a lot higher than the ideal score but was the average score of people who took the survey. My Present-hedonisti score was lower than the suggested score but close to the average. Finally my future score was the closest to the suggested score and was 3.23.

     I think that this survey gave an accurate summary of how I really am. I think that my past scores were higher than the averages because I do tend to draw on memories from the past to guide me along. The survey suggests a lower past score however my highest score was past positives so at least I am focused on the happy memories rather than the negative. My present scores were both about average and only a little below the suggested score. I think this is accurate because I tend to focus on the past and future more than the present moment. My future score was the closest to the suggested score and I think it's accurate because I think moderately about future outcomes but I don't let them run my life.

30 Images

30 examples of Imagery from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot

1.       When the evening is spread out against the sky (line2)

2.       And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: (line 7)

3.       The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes, (line 15)

4.       Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains,(line 18)

5.       With a bald spot in the middle of my hair—(line 41)

6.       My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin—(line 43)

7.       And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,(line 57)

8.       Arms that are braceleted and white and bare  (line 63)

9.       (But in the lamplight, downed with light brown hair!) (line 64)

10.   And watched the smoke that rises from the pipes (line 71)

11.   Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.(line 74)

12.   And the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully!    (line 75)

13.   Smoothed by long fingers, (line 76)

14.   After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, (line 102)

15.   But as if a magic lantern threw the nerves in patterns on a screen: (line 105)

16.   I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.  (line 121)

17.   Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? (line 122)

18.   I have seen them riding seaward on the waves (line 126)

19.   Combing the white hair of the waves blown back (line 127)

20.   When the wind blows the water white and black. (line 128)

21.   By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown (line 130)

22.   At times, indeed, almost ridiculous—  (line 117-118)

23.   Almost, at times, the Fool.

24.   After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor—(line 103)

25.   Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me, (line 89)

26.   Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter,(line 82)

27.   Arms that lie along a table, or wrap about a shawl.(line 68)

28.   When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, (line 58)

29.   I know the voices dying with a dying fall (line 52)

30.   (They will say: “But how his arms and legs are thin!”)(line 44)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock" Paper

Mason High School

 

 

 

 

Imagery in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S Elitot

 

 

 

I have read and understand the sections in the Student Handbook regarding Mason High School's Honesty/Cheating Policy. By affixing this statement to the title page of my paper, I am certifying that I have not cheated or plagiarized in the process of completing this assignment. If it is found that cheating and/or plagiarism did take place in the writing of this paper, I understand the possible consequences of the act, which could include a "0" on the paper, as well as an "F" as a final grade in the course.

 

 

 

 

Kaitlyn King

English 3B

 Wilson

4/7/2013

 

 

Kaitlyn King

English 3B

4/7/2013

 

In T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” the speaker uses abstract imagery, repetition, and self-deprecating tone to convey the speaker’s inner conflict. The speaker’s inner conflict is a constant struggle between his longing for intimacy, and his self-doubt that leads him to never be able to get what he wants. The imagery, repetition, and tone display the speaker’s self-loathing that leads to his hesitation to find love, even though love is what he desires most.

The abstract imagery the speaker uses paints a clear picture of his hesitation to fall in love because of his constant insecurities. The speaker could be revealing his cowardice through the image of the yellow fog that “Lingers upon the pools that stand in drains,” (18) .This image of the yellow fog not moving but just gathering up, could imply that the speaker’s cowardice does not just go away but is constantly stopping him from taking action. His hesitation is most likely caused by his low self-esteem. When the speaker is thinking about how other people perceive him he thinks “(They will say: “How his hair is growing thin!”)”. This image of a man that is aging and losing his hair suggests that the speaker does not feel good about himself and therefore thinks he is unworthy of love. The speaker is constantly struggling with his insecurities and his desire for love and feels like he is “being pinned and wriggling on the wall” (58). This image the speaker creates suggests how miserable of a state he is in; he feels trapped by his self-loathing and is struggling against it. 

The repetition in the poem enhances the severity of the speaker’s indecision and also displays his strong desire for intimacy. When the speaker is talking about his search for love he repeats the phrase “Do I dare?”(39, 45). The repetition of this phrase shows how nervous he feels. It suggests that to him trying to find a deeper intimacy is something very dangerous because of his insecurities that lead him to believe he can ever have it. It is clear that the speaker want’s not only love, but a deeper intimacy with someone because when he talks about women he claims that he has “known them all already, known them all” (49). He repeats this phrase as he describes the women which suggests that these relationships were nothing but superficial and were not what he is truly after, which is for someone to really know him as a person.

The tone the speaker uses in his dramatic monologue displays his self-loathing nature and also how he never really believed he could find love. From the beginning he feels that everything will end badly he says “I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter,” (82). It could be that his negative attitude was part of the reason he never could find love. He also displays his self-loathing when he talks about the mermaids (who could represent love in general) and he says “I do not think that they will sing to me.” (125). When the speaker constantly puts himself down it leads him to be afraid of love because he never believes he deserves to have it.

The speaker want’s more than anything to feel a deeper connection with someone and to be in love, however his self-loathing and insecurities cause the inner conflict he struggles with throughout the poem.   The tone, repetition and imagery all enhance both sides of the speaker’s inner conflict. They help display the speaker’s deep insecurities and they also show his desperate desire for intimacy.   It’s apparent through the speaker entire monologue that he is never going to get what he desires most because he does not think he deserves it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work Cited

1. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. T.S. Eliot. 1920. Prufrock and Other Observations." 1. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. T.S. Eliot. 1920. Prufrock and Other Observations. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Apr. 2013.