The phrase "ragged little bands that roamed the forest on foot" shows and means that how we humans are<span> intelligent killers, we strategically kill living things and that is the scary trait about us. The poetic device that is used is consonance.</span>
The best sentence which explains Dante's use of imagery is that, Dante grieves and cries and this suggests that, Dante is not a hero in this traditional Roman and Greek sense.
Dante is a short name of Durante degli Alighieri. He was a poet and his most poets were written in Latin and only the educated people could access it.
He was used as an instrument by Italy to establish literature.
