These two epic poems by "The Father of Modern Poetry" T.S. Eliot, are comparable and similar when their styles, contents and themes are scrutinized. Additionally, each of these poems exemplifies the quirky mastery of Eliot's contributions to the literary world. Although each poem focuses around timeless themes and subjects, the texts are both saturated in a conspicuous mix of odd-ness and new-ness which is what ultimately links them together as modern masterpieces.
             Style is undoubtedly one of the most obvious and apparent characteristics of the two poems. Serving as perfect illustrations of Eliot's innate and curious writing style, both The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and The Wasteland are written with just enough confusion and randomness as to overload the reader with questions, overwhelm them with incognizance and entice them to continue reading. However, the way in which Eliot's writing style reflects upon the central characters of each poem is quite different. In The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, the basic nature of the title character is complimented and enhanced by the style that Eliot maintains throughout the poem. One example is Eliot's use of recurrent images, which are a part of the confusion and randomness of his writing style. Throughout The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Eliot returns, again and again, to the image of Prufrock's hair growing thin and gray. At first the repitition of the lines seems awkward and out of place. However, when the poem is examined as a whole, as one body of text, it becomes clear that this styalistic tendency of Eliot actually facilitates the illustration of Prufrocks circumstance. As Prufrock narrates the poem he disposes upon the reader a train of thought filled with deep introspections; simultaneously the repedity of the lines in the poem illustrate to the reader what lies deep inside the mind and soul of Prufrock. In the case of the line...