Finally he sees a hill on which the sun is shining, and his heart fills with hope. The Divine Comedy opens with Dante lost in a dark wood in a fearful valley.
She with such fear O’erwhelm’d me, at the sight of her appall’d, That of the height all hope I lost. A she-wolf Was at his heels, who in her leanness seem’d Full of all wants, and many a land hath made Disconsolate ere now. And by new dread succeeded, when in view A lion came, ’gainst me as it appear’d, With his head held aloft and hunger-mad, That e’en the air was fear-struck. The hour was morning’s prime, and on his way Aloft the sun ascended with those stars, That with him rose when Love Divine first moved Those its fair works: so with joyous hope All things conspired to fill me, the gay skin Of that swift animal, the matin dawn, And the sweet season. Scarce the ascent Began, when, lo! a panther, nimble, light, And cover’d with a speckled skin, appear’d Nor, when it saw me, vanish’d rather strove To check my onward going that oft-times, With purpose to retrace my steps, I turn’d. That way it would have felt like you were listening to Dante tell his tale.…My weary frame After short pause recomforted, again I journey’d on over that lonely steep, The hinder foot still firmer. However, since the entire poem was written in the first person, it may have been better to have been read entirely by the same male reader. The audio was clear and the speakers did a great job. This poem will definitely get the spiritual side of your brain churning. Depending on how pure your devotion to God was, would determine which sphere you ranked here. So again, the terrace they are placed on is chosen by how they lived during their life.įinally, Beatrice, someone he has admired since childhood, and Dante ascend to Heaven and she guides him through the nine celestial spheres. These are based more on a person’s motives during their life and the seven deadly sins.
In Purgatory he experiences the different terraces of sin. Based on how you lived your life, your soul may go to the Inferno and the circle chosen for you is based on your actions in life and you suffer the consequences of those actions.Īfter getting through all of that, Virgil and Dante ascend from Hell to the Mountain of Purgatory. Dante gets to meet souls as they experience the different circles of Hell.
He is rescued by Virgil, a poet who has passed on, and they begin their journey through the Inferno. It begins with Dante feeling lost and unable to find the straight path. This poem tells of a man’s journey through the three realms of the dead.
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