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    Dante's The Inferno is written in Terza Rima structure and narrated as Dante travels through the circles of hell. The circles are separated into Cantos, or chapters, containing bolgias and rounds to hold different forms of sin. Dante uses vivid imagery to depict the gruesome pits of hell rather than just describing them, employing figurative language like hyperbole, metaphor, and simile to immerse readers in his dark vision.

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    Dante's The Inferno is written in Terza Rima structure and narrated as Dante travels through the circles of hell. The circles are separated into Cantos, or chapters, containing bolgias and rounds to hold different forms of sin. Dante uses vivid imagery to depict the gruesome pits of hell rather than just describing them, employing figurative language like hyperbole, metaphor, and simile to immerse readers in his dark vision.

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    Dante's The Inferno is written in Terza Rima structure and narrated as Dante travels through the circles of hell. The circles are separated into Cantos, or chapters, containing bolgias and rounds to hold different forms of sin. Dante uses vivid imagery to depict the gruesome pits of hell rather than just describing them, employing figurative language like hyperbole, metaphor, and simile to immerse readers in his dark vision.

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    Figurative Language

    The Inferno is written in a Terza Rima structure, and is spoken


    narritively. Travelling through the depths of hell, the separations of circles
    are labled Cantos. Cantos are simply the untranslated Italian word for
    chapter. Dante travels through treacherous circles encountering rounds
    and bolgias which are used to hold the different forms of sin within the
    circle. Dante paints gruesome images in your mind with his intricate way
    of showing you how he portrays the dark pits of hell instead of just telling.

    The Giants; Line 109-110; Canto XXXI:


    'and I think I could have died for the very fear
    had I not seen what manacles he wore'
    -Dante is using a hyperbole.

    Line 117; Canto XXXII


    'where the bad salad is kept crisp on ice'
    -Here, he uses a metaphor.

    Line 36; Canto XXXII


    'and they beat their teeth like storks'
    -This is the use to a simile.

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