The writers of the 20th century modernist movement produced unique works of poetry and prose. The modernist writing style was unprecedented and reflected the socio-political events of the period. TS Eliot was a pre-eminent figure of modernism, publishing many important works of prose and poetry during his lifetime. According to the OXFORD BRITLIT, "Eliot forged a style of aggressively fragmentary urban poetry, full of indelicate, 'unpoetic' imagery and diction." Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a poem that fully represents the ideas that the modernists were attempting to convey. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a poem that particularly reflects the modernist form because it contains elements used within modernism, such as intertextuality, thematic reactions to the writing of the Victorian period, and the use of form and language associated with modernism. First, this text strongly represents the modernist form due to its rich use of intertextuality. Eliot draws from many other works contained in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" to inform the reader and enrich the text itself. The first example of intertextuality is the epigram at the beginning of the poem taken from Dante's Inferno. The Princeton Dante Project's translation of lines 64 to 66 of the section cited by Eliot reads: "'But since, up from these depths, no one has yet / returned alive, if what I feel is true, / I answer without fear of shame .'" These words are spoken to Dante's speaker by someone he meets in hell because he is certain that he will never emerge from the depths of hell....... middle of paper......The ODLT defines a dramatic monologue as a poem in which a "character other than the poet speaks to a silent 'audience'." (97). Here it is Prufrock who speaks, not Eliot, and he addresses an unknown "we". Prufrock says, “Come on then, you and I” (line 1). This mysterious audience could be the reader, but it could also be the figure Prufrock mentions in line 78. Eliot's writing has been described as "aggressively fragmentary" (OXFORD BRITLIT). He is among the great writers of modernism, and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" particularly reflects that form in several ways. Eliot's poetry contains elements of intertextuality. Furthermore, it reacts thematically to the writing of the Victorian period and, finally, uses forms and language associated with modernism..