Experience from classical liceum
In an italian classical liceum we study this guy first as a poet in general and then for the last three years we study the three parts of the Divine Comedy.
You have no idea how annoying it gets to smear the study of one work for so long. What makes it better is how funny it is that despite his journey being a universal allegory for redemption and yet there is not one moment in which he misses the chance to talk about Florence. Also him basically intelectually cucking his wife with Beatrice is also really funny even though its abundantly clear that atleast in writing his love is never erotic.
if you want to avoid larping accusations about him read his "Rime Petrose". Its a short run of poems in which his beloved is named Petra (stone/stoney - referring to a heart of stone) and he just straight up insults her. There are also a short humorous back and forth with Forese Donati in which he tells him he doesn't sleep with his wife.