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“ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ”

“ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ” . Palladini Jessica, classe 5^B. The question is…. …Why The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock is a love song ?. What is the song in literature. The song is a lyrical composition organized into a variable number of stanzas

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“ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ”

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  1. “ The Love Songof J. Alfred Prufrock ” Palladini Jessica, classe 5^B

  2. The questionis… …Why The Love SongOf J. Alfred Prufrockisa love song?

  3. Whatis the song in literature • The songis a lyricalcompositionorganizedinto a variablenumberofstanzas • Therearetwomainparts: • The songisconsidered the best style of the literature • The mainexponents are: A. Dante, F. Petrarca and G. Leopardi • Existtwotypeofsong: the “Pindaricsong” and the “Free song” • The songischaracterizedbySYNTHESISand CONDENSATION The FOREHEAD: iscomposedby a samenumberofstanzas The TAIL: it can bedividedintotwopartscalled “vaults”

  4. An italian poet: Giacomo Leopardi“ Il Sabato del Villaggio” • THE PRINCIPAL THEME: The songdealswith the theoryregardingto the pleasure. Accordingto G. leopardi itisn’t a topical feeling, but the pleasureisonlylinkedto the past or to the future • FORM OF THE METRICS: the songis free and itisorganizedintofourstanzasconstitutedbyhendecasyllables • MUSICALITY: in the songthereis a remarkablenumberofrhymes, assonances and consonances. The lexiconalternatessimplewords and literaryterms. The syntaxisplane and variousdiminutivesmake the song light and charm

  5. “ The Love Songof J. Alfred Prufrock ” • PRINCIPAL THEME : The songdealswith the crisiswhichbelongsto the society and Prufrocktriesto put a question in orderto solve the universe’s problems. Herepresents a poet’s double and the songispresentedlike a dramaticinteriormonologue • STRUCTURE: the songiscomposedbythoughtsseeminglywithoutanorder. Indeedthey are linkedby a psychologicalorganization and this style makesdifficulttounderstandwhatisliterary and whatissymbolical • MEANING OF THE TITLE: itisretakenfrom a Rudyard Kipling’s work: “ The Love SongofHarDyal ”. Whatabout the name “ Prufrock “ therewas a shop called “ Prufrock-Litton Company “ where T. S. Eliot lived

  6. T. S. Eliot and G. Leopardi: Comparison T. S. Eliot “ The Love Songof J. A. Prufrock Giacomo Leopardi “ Il Sabato del Villaggio” • The songdealswith the society’s problemsthroughtProufrock’s incapacityto express histruethoughts and feelings • The poetexpresseshisthoughtsbyanunreal figure ( Prufrock ) • T. S. Eliot comunicatesthroughtmetaphores and symbols • G. Leopardi in hissongexpresseshis idea about the pleasure • Hedescribes a particular moment of the daythrought the attitudesof common figures ( carpenter, farmer ecc. ) • Hedoesn’t refersto the society’s problemsbuthewritesabout personal experiences

  7. Why “ The Love SongOf J. Alfred Prufrock “ isa love song? J. A. Prufrockis in love buthe’s unableto express hisfeelings J. A. Prufrock’s incapacityrepresents the instabilityof the society So itisa love songbut the love isonly a pretexttounderline the real society’s problems The humanbeingtriestoavoid the problemsratherthan face them Herevealshissentimentsonlytohisconsciousness

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