Reiteration In T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

Abstract

Language plays a vital role in the making of poetry, that’s why literary men often try to use language to the utmost to achieve their aims. Reiteration is considered one of the ways by which the literary writer can evoke additional meanings through the whole work. This is achieved when any unit of a text is used again. It can be used directly or indirectly as a means of gaining emphasis, clarity, unity, continuity, antithesis, and textual cohesion. This is usually done when the repeated aspect is used as a unifying device to give unity and coherence to the whole text. Reiteration is considered one of the categories of cohesion. It consists of different types.