The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is a dramatic monologue, written by T.S.EliotIt presents a stream of consciousness in the form of a dramatic monologue in which the protagonist speaking, Prufrock dialogues to his inner voice. 
Right from the title, the text appears to tell about a love song. Even if it is not such, Eliot pays attention to the rhythm and the sound.
As the poem deals with stream of Prufrock's feelings and ideas, Eliot uses "free verses". The text is no longer composed of stanzas like Victorian poetry, but it adopts the juxtaposition of scenes, each one connected by a constant refrain. Through this technique Eliot not only focuses the attention to Prufrock's psychology, but also he creates a dramatic effect.

The poem is structured into irregular sequences made up of the free verse technique. Those sequences are unified by the dramatic atmosphere which is the result of the juxtaposition of scenes. Such techniques are typical of Modernist fiction.

The main character is a common middle age man, a typical Modernist figure. Adult people have already lived most of their life and so they are more likely to wonder about the essence of life.

Right from the first sequence the reader can enjoy the dialogue between the conscious and Mr Prufrock himself. “Let us go you and I” is the first line of the sequence and “you” refers to the main character’s conscious. The figure of the “etherized man” and the darkness of the evening set the mood of the entire song. The time of the setting is not casual. Another day is going to end and Mr Prufrock finds himself alone again and unsatisfied (he is annoyed by the “overwhelming questions”). The main character tries to convince himself to “make his visit” to his beloved.

The second sequence is a refrain. This is a typical song device that will be repeated many times in the whole text. Eliot uses an ironic tone to talk about the two women who are talking about Michelangelo as if they really know what they dialogue about. They think they know culture, but they don’t. As a consequence  culture becomes worthless.

The third scene deals with the weather. The fog is a typical figure of English literature. In this case “the yellow fog” reminds him of Alessandria, the place where he lived his childhood.  The fog seems to display the behavior of a cat since it “rubs its back upon the window-panes..”.

In the next part is explained the importance of the word “time” and this to render the flow of time in Prufrock’s life. After this part Prufrock recognized that he became old, in fact he thought about the judgments of his physical appearance that people could do but even if he continued to trouble to the indecision of love declaration. Prufrock understood to live a life without a sense, a meaning because he pursued vain aims to conform to standards’ society. He was worried about the judgments and in which way he appeared to other people. Furthermore in the following part of the poem, Prufrock was invited to a party in the house of his lover and he imaged the judgments that people could do about him. He described the woman that he loved and she seemed rich and pleasant, so he had some memories about her. He travelled in his thought, he imagined the way to declare his love and he didn’t live because he thought always to do the right thing according to vision of his society. for this reason Prufrock admitted that “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons”.

The monologue continued to express the sadness that dominated Prufrock in his routine and he accepted his destiny. He understood that he wasn’t a prophet and the prince Hamlet, he was an anti-hero, he had nothing only the consequence of his inability to act. The writer would express the typical problems of his aged and he would that readers reflects about these themes.