"The Divine Comedy

When read metrically, this rhymed translation of Dante's "Divine Comedy" falls into perfect iambic pentameter and when read naturally, it flows in a metre very similar to Dante's original. This translation aims to avoid the archaisms and awkward syntax of other rhymed translations.

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When read metrically, this rhymed translation of Dante's "Divine Comedy" falls into perfect iambic pentameter and when read naturally, it flows in a metre very similar to Dante's original. This translation aims both to avoid the archaisms and awkward syntax of other rhymed translations and to be more literally accurate. It includes notes, although these are kept to a minimum.