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Outhne: Inferno Xiii

Outhne: Inferno Xiii

OUTHNE: INFERNO XIII

1–3   
retrospect (Nessus) and prospect (the wood)
4–9   
description of the wood
10–15   
the Harpies
16–21   
Virgil urges Dante to be closely attentive
22–32   
Dante’s puzzlement and Virgil’s instruction
33–39   
the complaint of Pier delle Vigne
40–45   
simile: Pier’s bloody words; Dante’s reaction
46–54   
Virgil’s apology and captatio, addressed to Pier
55–78   
Pier’s “oration”:
55–57   
capturing the goodwill of his audience
58–72   
narrative of the events at issue
73–75   
peroration, making his climactic point
76–78   
petition, seeking the consent of his audience
79–84   
Virgil urges Dante to question Pier further; he cannot, and, too moved, asks Virgil to do so instead
85–90   
Virgil’s two questions concern the suicides’ condition
91–108   
Pier’s responses:
94–102   
(1) how a dead soul becomes a thornbush
103–108   
(2) how it will bring back its body after Judgment
109–110   
the two poets continue to regard Pier
111–114   
simile: concealed hunter hearing prey approaching
115–129   
the spendthrifts (Arcolano, Jacomo) pursued by dogs
130–135   
the nameless Florentine suicide
136–138   
Virgil’s question to him
139–151   
the suicide’s answering “oration”

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