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*'''Allegorical''': In the Earthly Paradise in Purgatorio, canto XXIX, Dante is shown a marvellous procession, in which each element symbolises part of the Christian church. For example, 24 old men represent the [[Old Testament]] and a [[griffon]] represents [[Jesus]].
*'''Allegorical''': In the Earthly Paradise in Purgatorio, canto XXIX, Dante is shown a marvellous procession, in which each element symbolises part of the Christian church. For example, 24 old men represent the [[Old Testament]] and a [[griffon]] represents [[Jesus]].
*'''Personal''': Dante's first meeting with Beatrice in Purgatorio, canto XXX is where the poet's own feelings are laid bare, as he is rebuked for his real-life transgressions and his infidelity to Beatrice's memory.
*'''Personal''': Dante's first meeting with Beatrice in Purgatorio, canto XXX is where the poet's own feelings are laid bare, as he is rebuked for his real-life transgressions and his infidelity to Beatrice's memory.
===Simile===
The Divine Comedy is notable for its use of [[simile]]. Throughout the work, Dante casts his net wide to find comparisons for the unearthly sights he describes, drawing from history, nature, meteorology, biology and physics, amongst many sources. In the most typical examples, the simile is introduced first, and then the sight which is compared to it is described; common forms are "''Quale ... tale ...''" and "''Come ... cosí ...''". In many cases, similes are long and elaborate; for example, near the start of Inferno XXI, nine lines are devoted to describing the boiling pitch used by [[Venice|Venetian]] shipbuilders, which is then used as a simile for the tar in which the souls of [[barratry|barraters]] meet their fate.
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