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Frankly after reading Inferno, I am failing to see the hype about it. It is a descriptive poem where he describes various chambers in the netherworld, but there is no narrative, nothing lyrical, nothing elegiac.

It is like reading tour guide for a place one does not intend to visit.

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I don't blame you if you aren't entertained. But this analysis is like thinking Moby dick is about hunting whales.

How is there no narrative? There are consistent characters with a backstory and a story that connects each scene?

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