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Dante’s PARADISE, Canto 17: SALTY BREAD

https://pixabay.com/en/bread-multigrain-bread-bread-crust-3484107/ *** SALTY BREAD *** In Florence, no salt — How salty the bread is here! — Exile means changes *** NOTE: Cacciaguida makes a reference to something that most modern Americans would not know. People in Florence do not … Continue reading

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Dante’s PARADISE, Canto 17: EXILE

https://pixabay.com/en/man-walk-senior-movement-forest-3609083/ *** EXILE *** A clear prophecy Dante will soon be exiled Dante is worried *** NOTE: In the Inferno and the Purgatory, Dante heard many hints that he would be exiled, but his ancestor Cacciaguida clearly tells him that … Continue reading

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