How is the stream of consciousness exemplified in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"?

Stream of consciousness narrative is characterised by a
point of view which goes beyond a simple account from one character's perspective and
attempts to capture their internal thought processes, particularly the free associations
and strange links they make between topics. The poem captures this narrative style by
focusing on the thoughts and feelings of the persona, who is of course named in the
title. He is walking to meet a woman for tea and is contemplating the question he is
going to ask her, which we can infer is a proposal of marriage. However, there is no
arrival or meeting in this poem. Instead, it consists of the internal and rather chaotic
thought process of J. Alfred Prufrock. As he walks along, he casts himself in the role
of various characters, including Lazarus and Hamlet, to name a
few:

To say:
"I am Lazarus, come from teh dead,

Come back to tell you
all, I shall tell you
all"--

As we follow his
thoughts, we realise that he is debating the question he is to ask the woman he is to
meet and contemplating his future life depending on the answer that he receives. It is
this access that is given to the internal thought processes that make this poem such an
excellent example of the stream of consciousness narrative.