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?Open your mind to his tremendous craving and sprinkle him with dew: you drink forever out of the fountain from which his thinking flows.? These are the words of Dante Alighieri from a selection of his deep work, Paradiso. As he continues his allegory, Dante sets a tone of awe, lyricism, and reflection to portray the difficulty of man?s spiritual life. Dante?s sense of awe is prominent in this chapter from Paradiso. An example of this tone comes from lines nineteen through twenty-one which state: ?From the one I observed to be the richest I saw burst out a flame so joyful that none ever shone with sharper brilliancy?. Dante uses figurative language and image to successfully depict his great emotion of wonder and amazement. Another example from the literature that depicts Dante?s tone of awe is found in lines eighty-eight through ninety. They state: ?Then from the deep light that was blazing there these words rang out to me ?This precious jewel and this foundation stone of every virtue.?? A third example of the tone of awe from this passage comes from lines 130 through 132. ?And I reply: I believe in one God, sole and eternal, who, himself unmoving, moves all the heavens by love and desire.?
Approximate Word count = 749
Approximate Pages = 3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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