Word: poems
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...change of poetic tone which takes place at the beginning of this part of the Divine Comedy is no less marked than is the change of sentiment. The harsh, rough rhymes, fitted to the picture of Hell, give way to sweeter, gentler cadences, and the poem begins to have more light and happiness...
...comment of Philalethes, King John of Saxony, accompanying his translation of the poem is of value from its general intelligence and its numerous citations from the schoolmen...
...misery that they made for themselves by sin, and by pointing out the way by which they must ascend to blessedness. In few other works of men do we find such uninterrupted consistency of purpose as in the Divine Comedy. From the beginning to the end of the poem the aim of Dante is to guide his fellow men to righteousness and never for a moment do we lose sight of the great, resolute purpose of the poet...
...wild animals. He then meets reason in the person of Vergil, which shows him that the process of redemption is slow, and is not to be achieved by one great effort. He must rise through the purgatory of penitence. Dante tells us that there are many senses to his poem. Beside the meaning spoken of it has a political significance...
...this poem beyond the delight, we gain strength and consolation, and if these serve the purpose of helping man in the struggle of life, then never has their function been better fulfilled than in this work of the loftiest of the human poets...