"through me pass into the painful city,
through me pass into eternal grief,
through me pass among the lost
before me nothing was created that
was not eternal, and i last eternally.
all hope abandon, you who enter here.

at the gate of hell, dante sees the inscription above that he calls "hard" to take. how does the use of anaphora affect the impact of the inscription?

The use of the Anaphora in this text aims to emphasize the pain, suffering and hopelessness that exists behind the door.

Explanation:

The anaphora is represented in the language with the purpose of impressing force what one wants to express, to emphasize a situation or a feeling. The anaphora is the repetition of words or expressions at the beginning of the sentence, a period or a verse, when it comes to poetry or song lyrics, for example. Repetition may aim to emphasize and make the message more expressive.

In this text, the phrase "Through Me" is repeated throughout the passage.  All the text maintains a structure of repetition, which can be denominated of Anaphora. The repetition, in this case, characterizes the event and its recurrence, all the bad things that are waiting for the one that passes through the door of hell.

answer:   a good wench, give it me.

iago

good girl, give it to me.

emilia

what will you do with ’t, that you have been so earnest

325to have me filch it?

emilia

and what are you going to do with it? why did you want it so much that you begged me to steal it?

iago

  why, what is that to you?

iago

what’s it to you?

emilia

if it be not for some purpose of import,

give ’t me again. poor lady, she’ll run mad

when she shall lack it.

emilia

if you don’t need it for some important reason, then give it back to me. poor lady, she’ll go crazy when she sees it’s missing.

iago

be not acknown on ’t,

330i have use for it. go, leave me.

iago

don’t admit to knowing anything about it. i need it. now go, leave me.

exit emilia

emilia exits.

i will in cassio’s lodging lose this napkin

and let him find it. trifles light as air

are to the jealous confirmations strong

as proofs of holy writ. this may do something.

335the moor already changes with my poison.

dangerous conceits are in their natures poisons

which at the first are scarce found to distaste,

but with a little act upon the blood

burn like the mines of sulfur.

i’ll leave this handkerchief at cassio’s house and let him find it.to a jealous man, a meaningless little thing like this looks like absolute proof. this handkerchief may be useful to me. the moor’s mind has already become infected with my poisonous suggestions. ideas can be like poisons. at first they hardly even taste bad, but once they get into your blood they start burning like hot lava.

enter othello

othello enters.

    i did say so.

340look, where he comes. not poppy nor mandragora

nor all the drowsy syrups of the world,

shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep

which thou owedst yesterday.

here he comes. no drugs or sleeping pills will ever give you the restful sleep that you had last night.

othello

    ha! ha! false to me?

othello

argh! she’s cheating on me?

iago

why, how now, general? no more of that.

iago

oh, general, , no more of that!

explanation:

we need to see the paragraphs in order to answer this.