The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Elliot

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  “In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.”

Eliot writes this twice in the poem.  Given the context, the name dropping of a Renaissance artist in the long work feels strange and out-of-place with the tone of the narrative.

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