How would you describe the poems frequent use of fragmentation in relation to Prufrocks nature?
gbeatty Teacher College – Freshman A very focused question. I would describe the poem’s use of the theme of fragmentation as somewhere between symptomatic and definitive. By that I mean, both Prufrock and his world are fragmented. He can’t really connect with the women he sees, the conversations he hears, the city he walks through, or the mermaids he hears. The fragmentation in the poem—the worries, the interruptions, the repetitions—all sum up his relation to the world, and communicate a sense of it to us as readers. Greg Sources: http://www.enotes.com/love-song/14295 Rate answer: $(‘#aScore-774’).istars(setAnswerRating); Flag as inappropriate Posted by gbeatty on Saturday February 24, 2007 at 6:29 PM abrown Teacher High School – 11th Grade Prufrock is really supposed to represent modern man; his thoughts, while seemingly unconventional in the way they present themselves on the page, really are not. Are his thoughts much more fragmented that our own? His thoughts may move from one to
