Prufrock Drowns in a Sea of Insecurity

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The repetitions of "the women [who] come and go talking of Michelangelo" signify the social life lead by Prufrock. These women are seen again later in the poem, but are then also representing the seemingly slowed yet continuous flow of time outside one's own thoughts...
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These women are seen again later in the poem, but are then also representing the seemingly slowed yet continuous flow of time outside one's own thoughts. "The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window panes?and curled about the house and fell asleep" is another repeated image in the poem...
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