Inferno Fever: "The Love Song of J. ... Eliot are inspired by Dante's "Inferno". ... Eliot uses the opening with an allusion to "Inferno" to provide a visual. ... When Montefelltro speaks to Dante, he speaks on the assumption that Dante will never make it back to share his story. ... During his time with Guido, Dante is expected to take heed to his warning; it is like he is saying "Don't do what I did". ...
The epigraph of the poem is a passage from Dante Aligheri's Divine Comedy, more specifically the Inferno. The Inferno is Dante's journey through the rings of Hell in his search for enlightenment. ... In the Inferno, Dante travels further and further down through the rings of hell on his way up to the heavens. ... Finally, just as Dante does eventually escape the Inferno, so does Prufrock and his unknown companion as they drown in what it was that consumed him "human voices." ... The first and last ten lines seem to be the strongest references to Dante's Inferno, which make th...
The epigraph of the poem is a passage from Dante Aligheri's Divine Comedy, more specifically the Inferno. The Inferno is Dante's journey through the rings of Hell in his search for enlightenment. ... In the Inferno, Dante travels further and further down through the rings of hell on his way up to the heavens. ... Finally, just as Dante does eventually escape the Inferno, so does Prufrock and his unknown companion as they drown in what it was that consumed him "human voices." ... The first and last ten lines seem to be the strongest references to Dante's Inferno, which make th...
