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 |
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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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