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→Structure: A note on translations
The entire work is written in ''terza rime'', a rhyme scheme where lines, each of eleven syllables, are in groups of three (''terzine''). The first and last lines of each terzina rhyme with each other, while the second rhymes with the first and last lines of the next terzina. For example, the first three terzine of each canto have the rhyme scheme aba, bcb, cdc. Each canto ends with a single line, which rhymes with the second line of the final terzina.
The entire work is written in ''terza rime'', a rhyme scheme where lines, each of eleven syllables, are in groups of three (''terzine''). The first and last lines of each terzina rhyme with each other, while the second rhymes with the first and last lines of the next terzina. For example, the first three terzine of each canto have the rhyme scheme aba, bcb, cdc. Each canto ends with a single line, which rhymes with the second line of the final terzina.
===Translations===
Translations of the Divine Comedy into [[English]] almost always conserve the divisions between cantos. However, some are in prose rather than verse, and those that are in verse may use a different rhyme scheme and meter, or none at all. These choices depend on the objectives of the translation.
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