Mr Alighieri--

I still do not believe the Divine Comedy is an allegory. There are much symbolism to be found, and it is a criticism of many things, but if you could give me examples of how it is an allegory, I would much appreciate it.

And to define epic poetry--we must look at the hexameter of Dante's writing. Combine the hexameter with one huge-A book (a whopping 100 cantos!), throw some Latin in there and boom. Epic poetry to the max.

Needless to say, I think we have established in this topic that allegories are fun. Sadly, my buddy Tteve's Winter Olympic forum problem has not been solved.

P.S. Mr Alighieri- you dangled a preposition, my friend. You should ask, "Do you know what subject in which you will major?"

P.P.S. Political science.