The symbolism used in the love song of J. Alfred Prufrock is meant to connect the everyday existence of a student living in an urban setting to the expectations which society upholds without reflection. As such, the lack of meaning that the main character of the poem fails to find in his studies is directly correlated to the absurd expectations which the greater part of his education forces down on him. These verses says this most clearly: ¨No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do, To swell a progress, start a scene or two¨