A Literary Analysis of the Works of TS Eliot, with an Emphasis on "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."

Thomas Stearns Eliot was born to a very remarkable New England family on September 26, 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Henry Ware, was a very successful businessman and his mother, Charlotte Stearns Eliot, was a poetess. While visiting Great Britain in 1915, World War I started and Eliot took up a permanent residency there. In 1927, he became a British citizen. While living in Britain, Eliot met and married Vivienne Haigh-Wood. At first, everything was wonderful between …

…life, this dreamlike state is destroying his heart and only returning to the real world will save him. <Tab/>T.S. Eliot's American dream had many different meanings for him. His American dream can be seen through this poem and many others. These dreams clearly appear to be the traditional pipe dreams of eternal life, love, happiness, and beauty. Thomas Stearns Eliot's American dreams, unlike his works, are typical of everyone.