Prufrock v. Coy Mistress

Both Prufrock and Coy Mistress share the common theme of the incorrect way of expressing love. However, the two poems express the theme of love in completely opposite ways. Prufrock is the epitome of the modern man who has the inability to express or share love with another person, where as the speaker in Coy Mistress demands an urgent love in which emotions will not be truly expressed. Both speakers attempt at loving another person, however while Prufrock has the inability to love, the speaker in Coy Mistress does not know how to praise love and let it last. Therefore, both speakers attempt at love but because of Prufrocks personal lack of confidence and the speaker of Coy Mistress' overly pompous attitude, the two speakers do not have the ability to successfully carry out their feelings.