Recently, during my studies on my attribute i chose, i stumbled across this saying,”endings are important because they are the point where the reader must recognise that it is not reality but an imitation of it.”You find that in many books the endings are what tie the book up. It is extremely important to find out what happens at the end. In many of T.S. Eliot’s poems are open ended. At the end of Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock does he commit suicide or not? This poem ends sadly when you realise that Prufrock has failed. He questions himself and his thoughts and efforts he has put into life. Leaving you with the feeling of hopelessness. There is nothing else in his life to look forward too, his love life has failed and life in general.
“I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. I have seen them riding seaward on the waves
Combing the white hair of the waves blown back
When the wind blows the water white and black , We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown 130
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
After reading the end of the poem, your left with this depressing feeling. You feel sorry in a way for Prufrock and how nothing has worked out in his life. How he hasn’t found love and enjoyed one of life’s most expensive gifts.
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