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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

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T.S. Eliot poem quoted in a post about unrequited love and the vulnerability of being formulated and pinned by another's gaze.

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"This dude was playing records, he opened up with a recording of T.S. Eliot reading "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," so I went up and told him how it's one of my favorite poems of all time and really the one that got me into poetry."
How to make friends in your 30s? · u/the-woman-respecter · ↑57 · 2023-04-15
"And I have known the eyes already, known them all— The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin, When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I begin To spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways? And how should I presume?"
Unrequited love is the lowest form of obsession · u/KantCancelMe · ↑35 · 2026-01-23
"It's a bit like Eliot's "The Wasteland," "The Hollow Men," "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.""
How do I stop feeling cold, disinterested, detached, and distant? · u/SnooKiwis4215 · ↑25 · 2021-03-05
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