Is not the reason why the Divine Comedy is called a "world poem" to be found in these significant facts: it portrays the sudden awakening of a human soul to the consciousness of hav-ing gone astray; it shows the loathsome nature of sin; it pic-tures the struggle necessary to be freed from sin; it emphasizes that God is ready to help as soon as the soul is ready to be helped; and at last it declares that the Vision of God will come to the soul which perseveres in the struggle? These are the es-sential truths which make the ...
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Is not the reason why the Divine Comedy is called a "world poem" to be found in these significant facts: it portrays the sudden awakening of a human soul to the consciousness of hav-ing gone astray; it shows the loathsome nature of sin; it pic-tures the struggle necessary to be freed from sin; it emphasizes that God is ready to help as soon as the soul is ready to be helped; and at last it declares that the Vision of God will come to the soul which perseveres in the struggle? These are the es-sential truths which make the great poem of Dante one of the masterpieces of the world of art. May not it-as well as all oth-er truly great things-be given to little children in a simple way?
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