“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Lines 37-52 In this stanza the man regrets some of the decisions that he has made in his life. The man feels that if he allows himself to reflect upon his past he will have to deal with the emotions and consequences of a life of poor decisions. He questions if there is a chance to turn back the hands of time to, hopefully, bring an opportunity for …showed first 75 words of 896 total…

…showed last 75 words of 896 total…dying” (52) which helps set the rhythm at ! the end. With these lines not read as smoothly draws the reader’s attention more to this area. In the parts that do not rhyme there is an emphasis on words that begin with “D”, this could be eluding towards death and how he regrets that nothing good came from his life. In line 48 there is the repetition of the “ions” sounds and the “re” sounds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**