“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

BY

T.S. Eliot

Dramatic MonologueA poem in which a character speaks directly to one or more listeners

The speaker usually reveals inner longings and fears

SimileA figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles

MetaphorA figure of speech that makes a comparison between unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles

Extended MetaphorAn extended metaphor is a metaphor that is extended or developed over a number of lines or with several examples

SettingThe time and location of a story

ImageryThe use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience

RepetitionA unifying property of repeated words, sounds, syllables and other elements that appear in a work

It is used to create rhythm, to reinforce a message, and to enhance a mood or emotional effect

ThemeThe insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work

AllusionReference to someone or something in history, literature, politics, etc