Topic Discussion：Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in EnglishBriefly discuss T. S. Eliots' “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” poetic creation in terms of the themes, writing techniques and the image.
 A. “THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK” IS ELIOT’S MOST STRIKING EARLY ACHIEVEMENT. IT PRESENTS THE MEDITATION OF AN AGING YOUNG MAN OVER THE BUSINESS OF PROPOSING MARRIAGE. THE POEM IS IN A FORM OF DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE, SUGGESTING AN IRONIC CONTRAST BETWEEN A PRETENDED “LOVE SONG” AND A CONFESSION OF THE SPEAKER’ S INCAPABILITY OF FACING UP TO LOVE AND TO LIFE IN A STERILE UPPER - CLASS WORLD. 
B. PRUFROCK, THE PROTAGONIST OF THE POEM, IS NEUROTIC, SELF - IMPORTANT, ILLOGICAL AND INCAPABLE OF ACTION. HE IS A KING OF TRAGIC FIGURE CAUGHT IN A SENSE OF DEFEATED IDEALISM AND TORTURED BY UNSATISFIED DESIRES.  
C. THE SETTING OF THE POEM RESEMBLES THE “POLITE SOCIETY” OF POPE’S “THE RAPE OF THE LOCK,” IN WHICH A TEA PARTY IS A SIGNIFICANT EVENT AND A GAME OF CARDS IS THE ONLY WAY LO STAVE OFF BOREDOM.
D. THE POEM IS INTENSELY ANTI - ROMANTIC WITH VISUAL IMAGES OF HARD, GRITTY OBJECTS AND EVASIVE HELLISH ATMOSPHERE. 
