Analysis of ER ZAGRIFIZZIO D'ABBRAMO I (Abraham's Sacrifice 1)

Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli 1791 (Rome) – 1863



La Bibbia, ch'è una spece d'un'istoria,
Dice che ttra la prima e ssiconn'arca
Abbramo vorze fà da bon patriarca
N'ojocaustico a Dio sur Montemoria.

Pijò dunque un zomaro de la Marca,
Che ssenza comprimenti e ssenza boria,
Stava a pasce er trifojo e la cicoria
Davanti a casa sua come un monarca.

Poi chiamò Isacco e disse: "Fa' un fascetto,
Pija er marraccio, carca er zomarello,
Chiama er garzone, infilete er corpetto,

Saluta mamma, cercheme er cappello;
E annamo via, perché Dio benedetto
Vò un zagrifizzio che nun pòi sapello".

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The Bible, which is a kind of history,
Says that between the first and the second ark
Abraham, as a good patriarch, wanted
To pay a sacrifice to God on Mount Moria .

He therefore took a donkey,
Who, peaceful and easy,
Was enjoying his clover and chicory
Like a king, in front of his house.

Then he called Isaac and said: "Make a bundle,
Take the knife, load the donkey,
Call the servant, wear your jacket,

Say goodbye to mum, fetch me my hat;
And let's go, because the holy God
Demands a sacrifice you ought not to know".


Scheme ABBA BAAB CDC DCD XABCA BXAX DBC CCX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111011 11111011 111110010 10111 1111111 111111 10101111 10101111 11111111 101101 101101 11010010 1110110010 11111111 1 01011011100 11010100101 101011010 110101111100 111010 110010 101011001 10101111 11110011010 1011010 10101110 11111111 011010101 0101011111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,078
Words 193
Sentences 7
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3, 5, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli

Giuseppe Francesco Antonio Maria Gioachino Raimondo Belli was an Italian poet, famous for his sonnets in Romanesco, the dialect of Rome. more…

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