XXVII/2 The river of eloquence that encircles the Folly for Wisdom (cf. IV/1) is here quoted, starting in the top left hand corner in its original colour and progressively twisting itself into a cunning tongue of flame, to signify both Guido's misuse of his gifts of persuasive oratory and the form he takes on his final punishment. This is Eloquence without the Wisdom it is designed to frame. Dante's earlier view of Guido da Montefeltro (Convito IV. XXVIII. 8) is quoted beneath (as his own mistaken eloquence in describing Guido as 'our noblest Italian. . .'). Also quoted is a fragment of T. S. Eliot's 'Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' which refers to Guido's final servility before Authority and repays one of Eliot's many compliments to his favourite poet of the past; for the prefatory quotation to `Prufrock' is taken from this Canto where Guido says, 'If I believed my answer was addressed to one who might go back into the world this flame would stop vibrating and stand still. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.