The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock | T. S. Eliot - Line by Line Analysis

What is the central theme of Eliot's "The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock? What are the meanings of the complicated references and allusions in the poem? How is Prufrock a representative of the modern man?
This video will help you understand the complete meaning of the poem, through an in-depth line-by-line explanation in easy language. The lecture is made specially for English Honours students but it will be useful for any reader who wants to understand Eliot's poetry. The written materials provided below will further help students write answers for their exams.

Chapters
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0:00 Intro
01:28 Title
02:39 Epigraph
05:52 Line 1 (Let us go then...)
15:56 Line 15 (The yellow fog...)
22:30 Line 37 (And indeed there will be time...)
26:04 Line 49 (For I have known them all already...)
33:48 Line 73 (I should have been a pair of ragged claws...)
39:31 Line 87 (And would it have been worth it...)
49:55 Line 111 (No! I am not Prince Hamlet...)
59:17 Line 126 (I have seen them riding seaward on the waves...)

Word meanings
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etherized: anaesthetized
insidious: cunning
presume: suppose
wriggling: twist and turn with quick writhing movements
digress: deviate
scuttling: running hurriedly
malinger: pretend to be ill in order to escape duty
snicker: laughing scornfully
deferential: respectful
wreathed: decorated with flowers

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