Analysis of LI FRATI D'UN PAESE (The Friers of The Village)
Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli 1791 (Rome) – 1863
Senti sto fatto. Un giorno de st'istate
Lavoravo ar convento de Genzano,
E ssentivo de sopra ch'er guardiano
Tirava giù biastime a carrettate;
Perché, essenno le gente aridunate
Per cantà la novena a ssan Cazziano,
Cerca qua, chiama là, quer zagristano
Drento a le celle nun trovava un frate.
Era vicino a notte, e un pispillorio
Già se sentiva in de la chiesa piena,
Quanno senti che ffa ppadre Grigorio.
Curze a intoccà la tevola de cena,
E appena che fu empito er refettorio
Disse: "Alò, frati porchi, a la novena!".
Listen to this story. During last summer one day
I was working at the monastery in Genzano [1] ,
When I heard upstairs the sacristan
Swearing like a trooper.
Because while the people had gathered
To sing the novena [2] for St.Cassian,
The sacristan, looking for the friars high and low,
Could not find any of them in their rooms.
Night was approaching, and a whispering
Already came from the crowded church,
So listen what Father Gregory did.
He ran to sound the dinner bell
And as soon as the refectory was full
Said: "Hurry up, lousy friars, to the novena!"
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Metre | 1111111 11111 111111 11101 11011 1111011 111111 10011111 1001001111 111011101 111111 1011111 1111101 1111011 1011101011011 111010100011 1110101 101010 011010110 11011111 01101010101 1111011011 1101000100 010110101 1101101001 11110101 01110111 11011010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,102 |
Words | 197 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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