Figurative Lang.

Figurative Language The Inferno is written in a Terza Rima structure, and is spoken narritively. Travelling through the depths of hell, the separations of circles are labled Cantos. Cantos are simply the untranslated Italian word for chapter. Dante travels through treacherous circles encountering rounds and bolgias which are used to hold the different forms of sin within the circle. Dante paints gruesome images in your mind with his intricate way of showing you how he portrays the dark pits of hell instead of just telling. The Giants; Line 109-110; Canto XXXI: 'and I think I could have died for the very fear had I not seen what manacles he wore' -Dante is using a hyperbole. Line 117; Canto XXXII 'where the bad salad is kept crisp on ice' -Here, he uses a metaphor. Line 36; Canto XXXII 'and they beat their teeth like storks' -This is the use to a simile.