through language.

     The student of medieval poetry could readily parallel these 
features. The dolce stil nuovo  of Dante and others was 
achieved, as Dante explains, by looking within and following the 
very contours and process of passionate thought. It is in Canto 
xxiv of the Purgatorio  that Dante says:

     “Count of me but as one
     Who am the scribe of love; that when he breathes, 
     Take up my pen, and, as he dictates, write.”

     To which his friend Forese replies:

     “Brother!” said he, “the hindrance, which once held 
     The notary, with Guittone and myself,