The Cambridge Companion to Dante, ch. 10 (Ferrante, "A poetics of chaos and harmony"): Chart one (Number of Lines per canto)
Chart one: Number of Lines per canto *
| CANTO | INF. | PUR. | PAR. |
| 01 | 136 | 136 | 142 |
| 02 | 142 | 133 | 148 |
| 03 | 136 | 145 | 130 |
| 04 | 151 | 139 | 142 |
| 05 | 142 | 136 | 139 |
| 06 | 115 | 151 | 142 |
| 07 | 130 | 136 | 148 |
| 08 | 130 | 139 | 148 |
| 09 | 133 | 145 | 142 |
| 10 | 136 | 139 | 148 |
| 11 | 115 | 142 | 139 |
| 12 | 139 | 136 | 145 |
| 13 | 151 | 154 | 142 |
| 14 | 142 | 151 | 139 |
| 15 | 124 | 145 | 148 |
| 16 | 136 | 145 | 154 |
| 17 | 136 | 139 | 142 |
| 18 | 136 | 145 | 136 |
| 19 | 133 | 145 | 148 |
| 20 | 130 | 151 | 148 |
| 21 | 139 | 136 | 142 |
| 22 | 151 | 154 | 154 |
| 23 | 148 | 133 | 139 |
| 24 | 151 | 154 | 154 |
| 25 | 151 | 139 | 139 |
| 26 | 142 | 148 | 142 |
| 27 | 136 | 142 | 148 |
| 28 | 142 | 148 | 139 |
| 29 | 139 | 154 | 145 |
| 30 | 148 | 145 | 148 |
| 31 | 145 | 145 | 142 |
| 32 | 139 | 160 | 151 |
| 33 | 157 | 145 | 145 |
| 34 | 139 | | |
The Cambridge Companion to Dante, ch. 10 (Ferrante, "A poetics of chaos and harmony"): Chart two (Frequency of canto lengths)
Chart two: Frequency of canto lengths
| No. of lines | INF. | PUR. | PAR. |
| 115 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 130 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 133 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 136 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 139 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 142 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 145 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 148 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 151 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 154 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 157 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 160 | 0 | 1 | 0 |