The narrator of this poem has a dream in which an old hag morphs into a beautiful woman, but her body emits a rancid smell after she is stripped. In a story related in this poem, a ruler decides not to punish a man who had kissed his daughter in public. At its beginning, the narrator encounters a man whose face is lit up by the light of four stars and whom he praises for giving his life for freedom. After meeting (*) Cato, this poem's narrator rides in a boat piloted by a white bird. A group of characters in this poem have their eyes sewn shut as a punishment for their covetousness. The setting of this poem is an island-mountain in the Southe
The narrator of this poem has a dream in which an old hag morphs into a beautiful woman, but her body emits a rancid smell after she is stripped. In a story related in this poem, a ruler decides not to punish a man who had kissed his daughter in public. At its beginning, the narrator encounters a man whose face is lit up by the light of four stars and whom he praises for giving his life for freedom. After meeting (*) Cato, this poem's narrator rides in a boat piloted by a white bird. A group of characters in this poem have their eyes sewn shut as a punishment for their covetousness. The setting of this poem is an island-mountain in the Southern Hemisphere that has seven levels, corresponding to the seven deadly sins. For 10 points, name this section of the Divine Comedy placed between the Inferno and the Paradiso.
The narrator of this poem has a dream in which an old hag morphs into a beautiful woman, but her body emits a rancid smell after she is stripped.
Purgatorio [or Purgatory; prompt on "The Divine Comedy"]