Dante berbicara tentang rasa sakit di pengasingan dalam Paradiso, XVII (55–60), tempat Cacciaguida kakek buyutnya memperingatkan dia mengenai apa yang semestinya diharapkan: Mengenai harapan untuk kembali ke Firenze, dilukiskannya seolah-olah ia telah menerima kemustahilannya (dalam Paradiso, XXV, 1–9): Dante menerima undangan Pangeran Guido Novello da Polenta ke Ravenna pada tahun 1318.
He addressed the pain of exile in Paradiso, XVII (55–60), where Cacciaguida, his great-great-grandfather, warns him what to expect: As for the hope of returning to Florence, he describes it as if he had already accepted its impossibility (in Paradiso, XXV, 1–9): Alighieri accepted Prince Guido Novello da Polenta's invitation to Ravenna in 1318.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix