The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (with annotations)

The artifact is a Dover Thrift version of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by TS Eliot with extensive handwritten annotations by a graduate student.
The submitter provided the following about the artifact’s history: she completed these annotations when preparing for her MA examinations but continued them after during personal readings.

Poetry by TS Eliot. Annotations by Amy Cicchino.

Dover Thrift edition, Copyright 1998. Pages 1-5

Poetry: Dover Thrift

Amy Cicchino

English

2000-2024

annotation, poetry

paperback book, pen with blue ink

None

Marginalia is written on the top, bottom, and sides of the poem. These annotations include: translations from Latin to English, notes on poetic meter and style, records of allusions made to other texts and artists, identification of literary devices, and the tracking of themes like life/death, youth/aged, colorful/lifelessness. The annotator has also underlined repeated line starters like "And" and "To" as well as lines that she wanted to emphasize in her reading.

The poem is typed onto the pages while the marginalia is written in blue ink and alters between cursive and print handwriting.

All of TS Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

8.5" x 5"

Notebooks, Marginalia and Annotations

annotation, poetry