Outhne: Inferno Xxvii
OUTHNE: INFERNO XXVII
one flame departs, another comes
simile: the new flame as brazen Sicilian bull
Guido da Montefeltro: his difficulty producing words
Guido questions Virgil about Romagna
Virgil directs Dante to speak to his fellow Italian
Dante reports on Romagna’s troubled present
Dante offers fame in exchange for Guido’s identity
Guido agrees because he believes Dante is damned
Guido’s autobiography:
soldier, friar, dupe of Boniface
the covert ways of “the fox” are renowned
old age and his failure to furl his sails
Boniface’s stratagem, Guido’s evil advice
his death; Francis and the fallen Cherub
Guido’s descent to the underworld
the departure of Guido’s flame-covered shade
the poets move to the bridge over the ninth bolgia