ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -He began writing poems while young, and, when he was nine, he met Beatrice, a girl to whom he later dedicated most of his poetry.

Detailed explanation-2: -I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dante writes all of The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise) away from Florence. The Inferno is was completed by 1314. The FICTIONAL date of this poem is 1300. The week is “Passion Week” or the days leading up to Easter, the anniversary, for Christians, of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Inferno (Italian: [iɱˈfɛrno]; Italian for “Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. The Inferno describes Dante’s journey through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil.