Cosmic Edges

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Inferno Canto 32

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(ice, spark or jewel)

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Gustave Doré, Dante and Virgil in the Ninth Circle of Hell, 1861.

Desiring stridulous or scrannel rhymes for this creaking arena, Dante first tells us he needs to find the correct poetic form for the cold content before him. They creep along the ice beneath the feet of those giants from before: Dante in red, Virgil in blue per us…

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