Dante Alighieri wrote The Divine Comedy, John Milton wrote Paradise Lost.
I read both in high school and had to write a 10 page essay on them, so it does bring back bad memories.
But, I suppose if I didn't want a challenge I shouldn't have taken IB/AP classes. And it wasn't for nothing, since taking those classes meant I didn't have to take English in college.
At least it was better than the normal public high school classes, considering that they didn't read The Great Gatsby, but instead just watched the movie and took notes.
Pansies.