<span>He </span>has<span> two guides: Virgil, who leads him through the </span>Inferno<span> and ... Technically there are 33 </span>cantos<span> in each </span>canticle<span> and </span>one<span> additional ... and not </span>more than<span> two in the </span>Paradiso, but in thePurgatorio<span> the reader ... Dante, on the </span>other<span> hand, was determined to go beyond history .... Early life and the </span><span>Vita nuova</span>
<em>The Divine Comedy</em> consists of 14,233 lines, divided into three cantiche (canticles): Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. These represent Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. Each contains 33 cantos. However, there is an initial canto which serves as an introduction to the poem, and is generally assumed to belong to "Inferno." This brings the total number of cantos to 100.
