The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is a poem by T. S. Eliot that follows the stream-of-consciousness musings of an aging man as he agonizes over his inability to make meaningful connections with those around him. This poem reflects Eliot's modernist themes of alienation, fragmentation, and inner turmoil as Prufrock ruminates on the futility of life and his own insignificance in the world. In the end, he finds himself unable to make any bold decisions, resigning himself to a monotonous and unexamined existence.