Dante’s poem The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–21) consists of 100 cantos grouped into three sections: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Notably, the divine number of three is found in every part of The Divine Comedy. Each section has 33 cantos, with one additional canto in Inferno. The poem also uses a terza rima rhyme scheme, an Italian verse form consisting of stanzas of three lines (tercets).
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