3. Short-response prompt (15 points) Text: Dante's Inferno, Canto XXI
Analyze the setting that Dante develops in Canto XXI. Examine how 1) the choices the author
makes to describe the setting and 2) the characters he places in this setting affect the reader's
understanding of the Eighth Circle of Hell. Be sure to use specific details from the text to
support your ideas.

they should gives us more chances to make friend and do stupid things

the correct answer is "the rhythm and rhyme scheme add to an eerie and suspenseful tone". poetry is literature written in stanzas and lines that use rhythm to express feelings and ideas. poets will pay particular attention to the length, placement, and grouping of lines and stanzas. this is called form. lines or whole stanzas can be rearranged in order to create a specific effect on the reader.

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