An Analysis of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"Prufrock" is a dramatic monologue, in which the speaker may be talking to another male, or simply talking to himself; his alter ego. Throughout the poem Prufrock is too scared to make a move and seize the moment because he keeps saying, "there will be time." His fate is that he will be old and loveless, hence the irony of the title, because he cannot express his emotions to another woman. This is actually a pathetic parody of a love song because there is no one to listen to it. Prufrock fears that he will not be listened to and this is manifested in the line that refers to the Sirens singing to Ulysses to lure him to his death at sea, but Prufrock fears that they will not listen to him. The various allusions in the poem must be understood to better understand what is happening. When he says that "it should have been a worn pair of claws" this could be seen as a reference to the character of Polonious in Hamlet, one who is growing old (a fear of Prufrock) or it may be that he wants a mindless life. about a little creature that runs along the sea and doesn't worry about finding a mate because it doesn't require any effort. He talks about the endless places to meet women, but it's no good because he and it doesn't cause Prufrock anxiety because it's easy and primal. The entire poem expresses his fear of women and the fact that he cannot relate to them successfully. He asks, “Did I dare? and, Did I dare? / Time to go back and go down the stairs.” He still has time to return to the party and take a risk, but he hesitates and associates with Hamlet, who is also hesitant, but ultimately decides to act.