The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is considered a modernist poem. The modernist period took place from the beginning of the twentieth century through about 1965. This period was considered a break from the usual interactions people had with eachother. They seemed to be discouraged and kept isolated from eachother. The modern period in English literature was a reaction against the Victorian culture and aesthetic which prevailed for most of the nineteenth century. People definitely took a break from regular traditions and the reasoning for this is because they believed that the previous generation's culture was coming to an end. The break from tradition also includes a strong reaction again established religious, political, and social views. People believed that the world was what we perceived it, therefore the world was what they said it was. During this time period, people believed that that is no such thing as absolute truth, the world is what we say it is. Modernism also dealt with the sub-conscious. I wanted to find characteristics on modernism because T.S. Eliot was a major modernist poet and the poem I'm analyzing focuses on modernism. I plan on bringing some of these characteristics into the beginning of my paper to start off with a good understanding of modernism.