ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

How are the verses of the Divine Comedy?

A	Chained up
B	Dodecasillabi
C	Hendecasyllables
D	Enjambment

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The Divine Comedy is composed of 14, 233 lines that are divided into three cantiche (singular cantica) – Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) – each consisting of 33 cantos (Italian plural canti).

Detailed explanation-2: -An Italian stanzaic form, used most notably by Dante Alighieri in Commedia (The Divine Comedy), consisting of tercets with interwoven rhymes (ABA BCB DED EFE, and so on). A concluding couplet rhymes with the penultimate line of the last tercet.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dante used terza rima in his Divine Comedy; there, it has been noted, the three-line stanza may allude to the Trinity.

Detailed explanation-4: -The poem, The Divine Comedy, is about a journey of the author himself, towards God. It has three parts: Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory) and Paradiso (Heaven). Each part consists of thirty-three cantos. Such division reflects the medieval theology specific to Christianity.

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