T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
The Daily Poem · Sean Johnson
April 24, 20249m 25s
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Show Notes
Have you measured out your life in coffee spoons? Feeling like a pair of ragged claws today? Afraid to eat messy food while other people are watching? Or are you just channeling a little too much Polonius? If so, today’s poem–the classic modernist anthem of insecurity and isolation (and mermaids)–will feel very familiar. Happy reading!
(And for an even better reading of this poem, you should discover Jeremy Irons reading Eliot’s complete poems.)
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