FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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VERO
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FALSE
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The poem consists of 100 cantos, which are grouped together into three sections, or canticles, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Technically there are 33 cantos in each canticle and one additional canto, contained in the Inferno, which serves as an introduction to the entire poem.
Detailed explanation-2: -Inspired by both classical mythology and medieval demonology, Dante’s Inferno includes a hybrid of pagan and Christian features. The crossing of the River Acheron at the gates of Hell is presided over by Charon, the infernal ferryman “with eyes of burning coal, ” (canto III).
Detailed explanation-3: -Terza rima is a verse form composed of iambic tercets (three-line groupings). The rhyme scheme for this form of poetry is “aba bcb cdc, etc.” The second line of each tercet sets the rhyme for the following tercet, and thus supplying the verse with a common thread, a way to link the stanzas.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Inferno This number is the number of deadly sins detailed in the various circles of Hell. The number seven returns in the second book Purgatorio in the number of terraces in Purgatory. Dante also touches on the number nine. There are nine circles in Hell.