In Relation to Wilstach

• The woods are said to respond to the songs (madrigals) of warblers
• Appearance of the water is compared to both a mirror and “summer noon”, focusing on its beauty
• A description of the woman’s song is given as “sweet and simple”
• Reference to “Enna’s bowers” and “Ceres”
• Red and gold tints “burning” on the ground
• Bright smile “inflam’d the kindling sky” –with the sky referencing fire rather than the ground
• The stream “pours along, by heaven supply’d”
• First river is named “lymph” rather than “lethe”
• Woman is described as a nymph at the end of the canto

In Relation to Langdon

• Dante appears to be moving through the forest without a purpose or destination
• Dante is referred to as a “stranger” indicating more apprehension than a “newcomer”
• “A fruitful soil, the rich Supply with pregnant blessings clothes the smiling Plain” –references to reproduction

In Relation to Arndt

• No mention of Dante’s forehead, though this is present in all other translations
• Stream is compared to the “tide which kept Leander from his Sestian bride”
• The area is described as “where Adam walked with God”, but the rest of humanity is not mentioned until later in the canto

In Relation to Kline

• Dante reports moving with haste due to his eagerness
• The woods are described to “respond” to the sounds of the birds
• Mentions Ceres, but not her relationship to Proserpine