In this ballad, Prufrock is addressing a unidentified male partner yet it likewise appears as though Prufrock is addressing himself as though in talk or an inside monolog. The epigraph is from Dante's Inferno. In this unique circumstance, a character in the Inferno recounts his story to the artist trusting that it will never be rehashed.
I'd say false because not every epic poem features a character of that sort.
