▁ad jective ▁Div ina ▁was ▁added ▁by ▁Giovanni ▁B occ ac cio , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁edition ▁to ▁name ▁the ▁poem ▁Div ina ▁Com edia ▁in ▁the ▁title ▁was ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁Ven et ian ▁human ist ▁L od ov ico ▁Dol ce , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 5 5 5 ▁by ▁Gab rie le ▁Gi ol ito ▁de ' ▁Ferr ari . ▁ ▁The ▁Div ine ▁Com edy ▁is ▁composed ▁of ▁ 1 4 , 2 3 3 ▁lines ▁that ▁are ▁divided ▁into ▁three ▁cant iche ▁( sing ular ▁cant ica )   – ▁In fer no ▁( H ell ), ▁P urg atorio ▁( P urg atory ), ▁and ▁Parad iso ▁( Par ad ise )   – ▁each ▁consisting ▁of ▁ 3 3 ▁cant os ▁( Ital ian ▁pl ural ▁ ▁c anti ). ▁An ▁initial ▁cant o , ▁serving ▁as ▁an ▁introduction ▁to ▁the ▁poem ▁and ▁generally ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁cant ica , ▁brings ▁the ▁total ▁number ▁of ▁cant os ▁to ▁ 1 0 0 . ▁It ▁is ▁generally ▁accepted , ▁however , ▁that ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁cant os ▁serve ▁as ▁a ▁unit ary ▁pro log ue ▁to ▁the ▁entire ▁ep ic , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁opening ▁two ▁cant os ▁of ▁each ▁cant ica ▁serve ▁as ▁pro log ues ▁to ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁cant iche . ▁ ▁Comm edia ▁dell ' arte ▁and ▁Shakespeare an , ▁Elizabeth an ▁comedy ▁▁ ▁" Com edy ", ▁in ▁its ▁Elizabeth an ▁usage , ▁had ▁a ▁very ▁different