In one section of this poem, a bard named Casella sings about "Love, who speaks to me in my mind," referring to a phrase that this book's author had used in his earlier book The Banquet. The speaker of this poem witnesses a metaphorical scene in which a giant sitting on a seven-headed monster viciously beats a whore. In another section, the troubadour Sordello discusses how souls are hampered by the setting of the sun. This book opens with the speaker being advised to wr
In one section of this poem, a bard named Casella sings about "Love, who speaks to me in my mind," referring to a phrase that this book's author had used in his earlier book The Banquet. The speaker of this poem witnesses a metaphorical scene in which a giant sitting on a seven-headed monster viciously beats a whore. In another section, the troubadour Sordello discusses how souls are hampered by the setting of the sun. This book opens with the speaker being advised to wrap a rush around him by Cato. The letter "P" is erased from the speaker's forehead as he ascends each level of the title seven-terraced mountain to reach the Garden of Eden; before this poem begins the speaker descended into the nine tiers of Hell. For 10 points, name this second part of Dante's Divine Comedy.
In one section of this poem, a bard named Casella sings about "Love, who speaks to me in my mind," referring to a phrase that this book's author had used in his earlier book The Banquet.
Purgatorio [or Purgatory; prompt on "The Divine Comedy"]