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Inferno, “Canto 20”Notes on important lines
Line(s) Quote Analysis Questions
1-3 “I now must turn a Lines are mostly in iambic pentameter. Why do they mention
strange new pain to Cantica 1 refers to Inferno, which is the first Cantica 1 instead of
verse/and give some cantica (religious or epic poem). It is saying Inferno, which is
substance to this unusual why the brackets would be placed by far the more
twentieth chant/that here, since they are already talking about common use of the
deals (Cantica 1) with “sunken souls”. It could have been more word?
sunken souls” generalized where the phrase would apply
to the whole of the cantica itself. Also, the
work is made up of canto’s. Here, a canto is
referred to as a “chant”, which connects to
the Italian meaning of the word. Here, it is
Dante the writer that is speaking, which
creates another meta-poetic element where
the poem references itself.
9 “as slow in pace as Are litanies
litanies on earth” characterized as futile?
Why would this be,
given that this is a
largely religious text
imposing god’s
willpower?
10 “as my gaze sank The metonymy of referring to humans (or
lower down these once-humans) as forms is subtly
forms” disrespectful.
12 “twisted around This visualizes one looking the wrong way,
between the chin as if they were backward-looking in both
and thorax” the literal and metaphorical sense, unable to
see the future (less likely) and the obvious
truth, expressed by straight-forward
looking. “[T]wisted” also connotes
decadence of mind, especially given that
what lies between the thorax (chest) and
chin is the heart. This idea also brings up
one’s being flexible (like the commonly
used symbol of a reptile), which represents
unintegrity of character. This line could also
be interpreted as a pleonasm for the neck.
14 “deprived of vision Connotes one’s being unable to see the
to the front” truth as it is.
19-21 “That God may Dante directly refers to the reader, revealing
grant you, as you the work’s didactic elements in advocating
read, the fruit/that critical thinking (so long as it affirms
you deserve in religion, of course) and reading. Usually,
reading, think, “ke[eping] [one’s] own face dry” means not
yourselves:/could I being sad, but within the context, it equally
have kept my own refers to staying discerned. The word
face dry” “read” is repeated in different grammatical
forms. This expression is also ironic, given
that Dante does the exact opposite of
keeping his face dry in lines 25-27.
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