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===Simile===

===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.

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.

==Influence==

==Influence==