The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by TS Eliot is an ironic depiction of a man's inability to take decisive action in a society modern devoid of meaningful human connections. . The poem reinforces its central idea through fragmentation techniques and the use of Eliot's commentary on Prufrock's social world. Using a series of natural images, Eliot uses fragmentation to show Prufrock's inability to act as well as his fear of society. Eliot's commentary on Prufrock's social world is also evident throughout. At no point in the poem did Prufrock confess his love, even though it is called "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", but through this poem TS Eliot expresses his social commentary on the world in which lives Prufrock. first reveals itself as it takes the reader on a journey. Through lines 1-36, the reader travels with Prufrock through the modern city and its streets while experiencing Prufrock's life and exploring his surroundings through his eyes. From the beginning, the town is depicted as dark and empty, with no signs of happiness. The setting in which Prufrock walks down the street seems polluted, dirty and dilapidated, as if it were the cheap side of the city, giving the feeling of being lifeless, still, strange, asleep and unconscious. Eliot uses images, from the skyline to the half-deserted streets, to the cheap hotels and sawdust restaurants, to demonstrate the loneliness and alienation of the city. The town Prufrock resides in is, in some ways, a shadow of who he is as a person, and the images of the town speak to a part of his personality. Just as the horizon is described as "an ethereal patient on a table" (3), it foreshadows and implies that Prufrock has a...... middle of paper ...... no reminder of the social world would do it. drown him. Reinforcing the central idea of ​​the poem through fragmentation techniques and through Eliot's comments on Prufrock's social world, TS Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is of a man in human connection, nullifying the inability of modern society to take decisive action. Through Eliot's fragmentation, Prufrock's social world is seen as disordered, empty, repetitive, chaotic, critical, isolated and a few others, but nevertheless, he has painted a good portrait of society and has a good idea of ​​the society in which Prufrock lives.Works CitedEliot, TS “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. » The Longman Anthology of World Literature: Volume F: The 20th Century. 2nd ed. Djelal Kadir and Ursula K. Heise. Toronto: Pearson Longman, 2009. 221-24.