A pale sandy path curves around dark rocks and disappears into soft gray mist.

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The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

Silently, alone, no one escorting us, we made our way- one went before, one after- as Friars Minor when the walk together.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Two travellers move in quiet single file, without company or guide. The lines stress silence, solitude and order: one goes ahead, another behind, like Franciscan friars on a walk. The comparison gives the wordless progress a humble, disciplined character, while the absence of any escort makes the journey feel unguarded.

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