ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which verse is the Divine Comedy written?
A
ENDECASYLABLE TRIPLE
B
IAMBIC QUARTENS
C
TRACKS OF EXAMETERS
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Dante used terza rima in his Divine Comedy; there, it has been noted, the three-line stanza may allude to the Trinity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dante, in his Divine Comedy (written c. 1310–14), was the first to use terza rima for a long poem, though a similar form had been previously used by the troubadours.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Divine Comedy, Italian La divina commedia, original name La commedia, long narrative poem written in Italian circa 1308–21 by Dante.

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