Q Eliot 1. How does Eliot's poetry depict twentieth-century culture? 2. How would you characterize Prufrock? Is he pitiful? Heroic? How is he a twentieth-century or a twenty-first-century man? What kind of person does he want to be?3. Why is "Prufrock" a "love song"?4. What are a few of the literary references included in "The Love-Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?" How do these affect your understanding of the poem?5. What are some elements of "The Waste Land" that you may have found confusing or difficult? Is Eliot being deliberately esoteric? If so, why might this be?6. What classical allusions does Eliot use in his poetry? Which of these did you have to examine more closely? How does understanding these references help you comprehend the poems?