![]() ![]() Polo's statement, therefore, serves as a turning point, and he explains that Venice is decaying, which is why he tries to preserve it in his memory. Roughly in the middle of the text he admits that all the cities he has been describing so far are simply different aspects of one city, Venice. However, while Dante starts his journey in hell and ends his journey in heaven, Marco Polo's description of cities reverses the pattern: At first, Marco Polo's images seem like delicate, pastel paintings with words, but gradually they become darker and soon create a nightmarish panorama of decay and ruins which resembles our modern world (when Marco Polo starts talking about machines, airports and skyscrapers, it becomes clear that he and the emperor are not the actual historical figures). The structure of nine chapters and interlocked categories resembles Dante's Divine Comedy and its use of the terza rima. There are 11 categories of cities with five representative descriptions, so Marco Polo describes 55 cities in total. ![]() It is divided into nine chapters, the first and last containing descriptions of 10 cities, while the other chapters contain five each. Invisible Cities is a text of patterns and symmetry. ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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