 The ghost , a combination of many literary figures , was originally addressed in the poem as " Ser Brunetto " before being revised as an ambiguous " you " . " Ser Brunetto " was Dante 's way of addressing Brunetto Latini , a former mentor whom he meets in Hell to which he has been condemned for sodomy . Eliot , in a letter to John Hayward dated 27 August 1942 , explained why he changed the wording : 
 The ghost , a combination of many literary figures , was originally addressed in the poem as " Ser Brunetto " before being revised as an ambiguous " you " . " Ser Brunetto " was Dante <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>way of addressing Brunetto Latini , a former mentor whom he <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>meets</mark></a> in Hell to which he <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> been condemned for sodomy . Eliot , in a letter to John Hayward dated 27 August 1942 , explained why he changed the wording : 
Da ghost , a combination of many literary figures , was originally addressed in tdapoem as " Ser Brunetto " before being revised as an ambiguous " u " . " Ser Brunetto " was Dante  way of addressing Brunetto Latini , a former mentor whom he meet in Hell to which he done been condemned for sodomy . Eliot , in a letter to John Hayward dated 27 August 1942 , explained why he changed the wording :