The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

How does "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" use fragmentation?

How does "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" use fragmentation?

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Eliot achieves much of this fragmentation through his exquisite imagery. Whether it is the subliminal comparison between the fog "that rubs its muzzle on the windowpanes" (16) and feline movement, a self-conscious dissection of how women's eyes have Prufrock "pinned and wriggling on the wall" (58), or Prufrock's self-debasement as a "pair of ragged claws" (73), the images in "Prufrock" are specific and symbolic.

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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock