![]() ![]() They both want something so bad, but because of their attitudes they never achieve it.Īnd in Miniver Cheevy’s chase, he never achieves anything at all. Alfred Prufrock wishes to have a relationship with a woman, but never makes a move because he is afraid he will be turned down: “Would it have been worth while/If one, setting a pillow or throwing off a shawl/And turning toward to window, should say/ ‘That is not it at all/That is not what I meant, at all'” (106-110). He believes that he drinks too much because he belongs in another time: “Miniver Cheevy, born too late/Scratched his head and kept on thinking/Miniver coughed and called it fate/And kept on drinking” (29-32). Miniver Cheevy spends all of his time wishing that he were living in another time. They both have defeatist attitudes that keep them from succeeding in life. ![]() Alfred Prufrock both have similar attitudes when it comes to life. Alfred Prufrock refers to the Bible and to literary works. Although both characters in these poems use allusions, Miniver Cheevy mainly refers to myth, legend, and history, while J. Although both authors use allusions, Robinson doesn’t use literary allusions like Eliot does in “The Love Song of J.Īlfred Prufrock”: “To have bitten off the matter with a smile/To have squeezed the universe into a ball/To roll it towards some overwhelming question” (91-93). Eliot also uses mythological allusions to refer to mermaids: “We have lingered in the chambers of the sea/By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown” (129-130). In just two lines of poetry, Robinson uses historical, legendary, and mythological allusions: “Miniver loved the days of old/When swords were bright and steeds were prancing” (5-6). Alfred Prufrock”, allusions are used throughout the poem. In both “Miniver Cheevy” and “The Love Song of J. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J.Īlfred Prufrock” are similar and different in reference to allusions, the characters’ attitudes, and the characters’ desires. It is amazing how one writer can create a work completely different from another writer’s work, yet it still shares many similarities. So it is natural that many writers and poets should choose to write about these desires which, for some reason or another, are never achieved. It is also human nature to make excuses for why they can’t achieve those things. Alfred Prufrock” It is human nature to desire things which cannot be obtained. Comparison and Contrast of “Miniver Cheevy” and “The Love Song of J. ![]()
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