Narrative poem · 1816

The Story of Rimini

by Leigh Hunt

Hunt's retelling of the story of Paolo and Francesca, from Dante's Inferno, in four cantos of heroic couplets: the bride fetched to Rimini, her journey, the fatal passion and its end.

Contents · 4 parts

• Canto Iabout 340 lines
• Canto IIabout 240 lines
• Canto IIIabout 610 lines
• Canto IVabout 520 lines

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