Fragmentation in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

lo' and long periods of text are rhythmic and then not, all symbolizing Prufrock's confusion. It is evident that Prufrock does not want his thoughts to be heard as Elliot took the Epigraph from Dante's 'Inferno' as a source to suggest that Prufrock only reveals his thoughts to us because he feels we have no way of re-telling them.
             Furthermore, Elliot's physical portrayal of Prufrock is fragmented. His complete appearance is never revealed however certain features are, creating the image of an incomplete entity. What is illustrated to the reader is not a few dominant characteristics that Prufrock possess but rather his physical imperfections in which he feels society looks down upon 'how his
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