Inferno is the first cantica of the Divine Comedy

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literary work poetic cantica

"Inferno" is the opening cantica of Dante Alighieri's epic poem "The Divine Comedy," depicting the poet's allegorical journey through the nine circles of Hell.

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Inferno (Dante) 0
Inferno by Dante Alighieri 3
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Inferno, Canto XXX)} 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poetic cantica ⓘ
allegoricalMeaning journey of the soul through sin and recognition ⓘ
author Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED ⓘ
circleCount 9 ⓘ
circleTheme Fraud ⓘ
Gluttony ⓘ
Greed ⓘ
Heresy ⓘ
Limbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lust ⓘ
Treachery ⓘ
Violence ⓘ
Wrath ⓘ
containsCharacter Charon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Count Ugolino NERFINISHED ⓘ
Francesca da Rimini NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucifer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paolo Malatesta NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
depicts punishments of the damned ⓘ
firstCanticaOf The Divine Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsInNarrative Dante's journey through the dark wood ⓘ
genre allegorical poetry ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
guideCharacter Virgil (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme divine justice ⓘ
exile and loss ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
sin and its consequences ⓘ
influencedBy Virgil's Aeneid NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageVariant Tuscan dialect ⓘ
literaryForm narrative poem ⓘ
literaryPeriod Italian medieval literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Dante (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ
meter terza rima ⓘ
moralFramework medieval Christian theology ⓘ
notableFeature systematic mapping of sins to punishments (contrapasso) ⓘ
numberOfCantos 34 ⓘ
openingLine "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita" NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage Italian ⓘ
partOf The Divine Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes Purgatorio (Dante) NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Hell NERFINISHED ⓘ
structureFeature nine circles of Hell ⓘ
timeOfComposition early 14th century ⓘ
verseForm hendecasyllabic lines ⓘ

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Gianni Schicchi → basedOn → Inferno is the first cantica of the Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Il trittico → basedOnWorkForGianniSchicchi → Inferno is the first cantica of the Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Inferno, Canto XXX)}
Durante → hasPartInWork → Inferno is the first cantica of the Divine Comedy ⓘ
subject surface form: Durante degli Alighieri
The Barque of Dante → inspiredBy → Inferno is the first cantica of the Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Pope Boniface VIII → portrayedIn → Inferno is the first cantica of the Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inferno by Dante Alighieri