Question

At the gate of hell, dante sees this inscription that he calls “hard to take." how does the use of anaphora affect the impact of the inscription? your answer should be at least one hundred words.

Answer 1

"Through me pass into the painful city,
Through me pass into eternal grief,
Through me pass among the lost people...
Before me nothing was created that
Was not eternal, and I last eternally.
All hope abandon, you who enter here.

Anaphora is the deliberate repitition of the first part of the sentence, in this case, the phrase "Through me pass" is use of the anaphora.

The use of the anaphora effect emphasized that only one reigns supreme over hell and everybody should pass through him before they can proceed.

Answer 2

Repeating the text that you use to to backup your answer? That's so not gonna cut it man, so here is my essay answer:

At the gate of Hell the reason that Dante calls this inscription “hard to take" is obvious. He is worried due to the fact that the anaphora really drives the point home with it's deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence, which is "Through me pass".

This emphasizes that you must pass through the gate of Hell, for it is the only thing that reigns supreme and really matters in hell, and "All Hope Abandon, You Who Enter Here." meaning only one way in and only one way out. Because the gate reigns over the land and all must pass through it, the gate of Hell therefore passes judgement on all creatures who dare or who are forced enter. None will ever escape the "Painful City" and the "Eternal Grief" that awaits them there beyond those blackened gates.

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