The Love Song Of J Alfred Prufrock

Date Submitted: 02/02/2003 21:08:36
Category: / Literature
Length: 1 pages (312 words)
The epigraph at the beginning of "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock" refers to lines taken from Dante's "Inferno". The words are spoken by the character of Count Guido da Montefellro, a soul being punished in the Eighth chasm of Hell for the attempt to buy absolution in advance of committing a crime. Guido explains that he is speaking freely to Dante only because he believes Dante to be one of the dead who …
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