Part one of term paper
begins Canto XXVIII with a rhetorical question. Virgil and he have just arrived in the Ninth Abyss of the Eighth Circle of hell. In this pouch the Sowers of Discord and Schism are continually wounded by a demon with a sword. poses a question to the reader: “Who, even with untrammeled words and many attempts at telling, ever could rec ...

Part two of term paper
... In the following lines, Dante expands on this rhetorical position. He elaborates on why it is important for any man to offer a good description of what he sees. No poet can achieve this description. “Each tongue that tried would certainly fall short...” (L. 4). It is not just poetic talent that is at stake; poets do not have the background to give them the poetic power for such description. His reasoning is "the shallowness of both our speech and intellect cannot contain so much." (Li ...