Hell, Purgatory, Paradise
Divine Comedy
Divine Comedy (Commedia, Divine Comedy), Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265 AD- AD 1321) long poem. Written from 1307 to 1321, the poem is divided into three parts: "Inferno, Hell", "Purgatorio, Purgatory" and "Paradiso, Paradise". It condemns the rule of the church, but still does not get rid of the influence of Christian theology. point of view.
The whole poem is divided into three parts, each with 33 chapters, and a preface is added to the front, totaling 100 chapters. The poems are composed of three lines and one paragraph, with interlocking rhymes (aba, bcb, cdc,...). Each poem is roughly equal in length, and each part is also basically equal. (Hell, line 4720; Purgatory, line 4755; Heaven, line 4758), each ending with the word "stars" (stelle).