The overwhelming question in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is ambiguous. On one level, Prufrock wonders if he should propose marriage to his beloved, but on a deeper level, the question is whether he should have put his all into his life and art. This ties to the epigraph, which is the confession Guido makes to Dante in hell because he thinks Dante can't reveal it. Prufrock also thinks his secrets are safe.