This work, set during the week of (*) Easter, is written in an extended rhyme scheme of ABABCBCDC, in one hundred total cantos of terza rima [TURR-zuh REE-muh].
This book is often published with an epistle written to Cangrande [can-GRAWND]. A painting used as this book's cover depicts its author wearing a red robe, holding this book, under a starlit sky. William Blake's watercolors popularized this book, which was translated into English by Longfellow. This work, set during the week of (*) Easter, is written in an extended rhyme scheme of ABABCBCDC, in one hundred total cantos of terza rima [TURR-zuh REE-muh]. Its first section describes symbolic punishment of crimes. Beatrice and Virgil serve as the narrator's guides in this poem. For 10 points, name this epic in Italian consisting of the Paradiso, Purgatorio, and Inferno, written by Dante.
This book is often published with an epistle written to Cangrande [can-GRAWND].
The Divine Comedy [or the Divina Commedia; prompt on Inferno; prompt on Purgatorio; prompt on Paradiso]