In T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," the author is establishing the problems the narrator is having with his coming of age. The narrator believes that age is a sort of burden and he is deeply troubled by it. This preoccupation with the passing of time characterizes his fear of aging, and this poem deals with that fear. The poem also deals with the narrator's fear of no longer being able to attain any kind of great love due to his age.
<Tab/>Prufrock feels unsure about himself throughout the entire poem. He is terrified of what might occur when people see his…
