Begun around 1308 and completed around 1321 shortly before Dante's death; originally titled Comedìa, with Divina added by Giovanni Boccaccio and printed on the 1555 Venetian edition.
Structured in 14,233 lines of interlocking terza rima across three cantiche—Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso—of 33 cantos each plus an introductory canto, totaling 100 cantos.
Narrates Dante's Easter-week 1300 journey through the nine circles of Hell, seven terraces of Mount Purgatory, and nine celestial spheres of Heaven, guided by Virgil, Beatrice, and Bernard of Clairvaux.