An example of an allusion from “ The love song of j. Alfred Prufrock
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One allusion in the poem ‘The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ by T.S. Eliot can be cited in line 23 of the poem that starts with “there will be time”. While the allusion could be to an old 17th Century poem ‘To His Coy Mistress’, written by Andrew Marvell, the irony cannot be overlooked. In that poem about a lover urging his coy mistress to not waste time and to allow their youthfulness to be lost. And here in ‘The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock’, the protagonist is described by Eliot as someone procrastinating his profession of love forever. He does not even meet the woman he loves.
In line 23 of the poem, the love song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ by T.S. Eliot, one allusion can be cited which begins with “there will be time”.
The allusion is to a poem of 23rd century called “To His Coy Mistress’”, written by Andrew Marvell which refers to lover asking his coy mistress not to waste time of their times of youth and in this one he never meets the woman he loves.