In a poem in this language, a poet asks the protagonist if he wrote the line “Ladies who have intelligence of love.” That line appears in a poem in this language in which Love tells a poet in Latin, “ego dominus tuus,” or “I am your lord.” T. S. Eliot quoted a poet who wrote in this language with the line “Because I do not hope to turn again.” That poet, who wrote a song whose title is translated as “A lady asks me,” founded a literary school that influenced a prosimetrum on courtly love in this language. Works in the sweet new style movement in this language include the love poem The New Life. In a long narrative poem in this language, Beatrice and Virgil act as guides to a poet traveling through hell, purgatory, and heaven. For 10 points, name this language used by Dante to write The Divine Comedy. ■END■
ANSWER: Italian [or italiano; or lingua italiana; accept Tuscan or dialetto toscano or Florentine or dialetto fiorentino or vernacolo fiorentino] (Guido Cavalcanti’s “Donna mi prega” translates to “A lady asks me.”)
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