 The theme of swimming through flames is connected to the depiction of Guido Guinizelli , a poet that influenced Dante , seeking such a state in Purgatorio XXVI . However , the depiction of swimming was transformed into an image of dancing , an act that appears throughout Yeats 's poetry , within purgatorial flames . The critic Dominic Manganiello suggests that , in combining the image of dancing with purgation , Eliot merges Dante 's and Yeats 's poetic themes . 
 The theme of swimming through flames is connected to the depiction of Guido Guinizelli , a poet <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>that</mark></a>influenced Dante , seeking such a state in Purgatorio XXVI . However , the depiction of swimming was transformed into an image of dancing , an act <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>appears</mark></a> throughout Yeats <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>poetry , within purgatorial flames . The critic Dominic Manganiello <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>suggests</mark></a> that , in combining the image of dancing with purgation , Eliot <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>merges</mark></a> Dante <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>and Yeats <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>poetic themes . 
Da theme of swimming through flames is connected to the depiction of Guido Guinizelli , a poet influenced Dante , seeking such a state in Purgatorio XXVI . However , the depiction of swimming was transformed into an image of dancin , an act appear throughout Yeats  poetry , within purgatorial flames . Tdacritic Dominic Manganiello suggest that , in combining the image of dancing w/ purgation , Eliot merge Dante  and Yeats  poetic themes .