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DICTIONARY
TRANSLATION
apreciar, atesorar
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
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The opening
How “The Divine Comedy — Inferno” begins
of Dante Alighieri Translated by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW INFERNO
Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.
Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say What was this forest savage, rough, and stern, Which in the very thought renews the fear.
So bitter is it, death is little more; But of the good to treat, which there I found, Speak will I of the other things I saw there.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 30 words you will meet most often in “The Divine Comedy — Inferno” at level B2 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- master
- thus
- soul
- forth
- whence
- bear
- downward
- wholly
- issue
- heaven
- flame
- depart
- breast
- seize
- upward
- desire
- gaze
- afterwards
- woe
- shore
- beast
- eternal
- thrust
- torment
- approach
- evil
- conceal
- justice
- tear
- passage
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Grammar
Grammar you will meet in “The Divine Comedy — Inferno”
How much of each kind of grammar “The Divine Comedy — Inferno” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Relative clauses
- Passive voice
- Perfect tenses
- Phrasal verbs
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Reported speech
- Modal verbs
- Conditionals
Constructions to look for
- Past participle clause Your Cerberus, if you remember well, For that still bears his chin and gullet peeled.
- Relative clauses with where Unto that point where is no more descending.
- Phrasal verb with 'down' O how severe it is, That blows like these in vengeance poureth down!
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About the book
Why The Divine Comedy — Inferno is a great book to read in English
Dante descends through the nine circles of Hell, guided by Virgil, meeting sinners whose punishments mirror their crimes. The Inferno (c. 1320) is the most vivid third of the Divine Comedy; reading it in English with the Italian alongside lets you enjoy the imagery without fighting the medieval verse alone.
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