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[747] There is a piece of allegory in the _Paradiso_ which almost gets on one’s nerves, _i.e._ the ceaseless whirling of the blessed spirits, usually in wheel formations: _e.g._ _Par._ xii. 3; xxi. 81; xxiv. 10 _sqq._: cf. x. 145; xiii. 20.

[748] One notes that all the symbolizing personages of the poem--Virgil, Statius, Matilda, Lia, Beatrice--have literal reality, however subtle or far-reaching may be the allegorical intendment with which the poet has invested them.

[749] See _e.g._ _Par._ xxxi. 67.

[750] Cf. De Sanctis, _Storia della letteratura italiana_, i. p. 46 _sqq._

[751] Compare _Purg._ xxvii. 34 _sqq._; xxx.; xxxi.; _Par._ xviii. 13 _sqq._; xxiii.; xxx.; xxxi.; xxxii. 8.

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