Analysis of LA PENALE (The Fine)
Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli 1791 (Rome) – 1863
Li preti, già sse sa, fanno la caccia
A 'gni sorte de spece de quadrini.
Mo er mi' curato ha messo du' carlini
De murta a chi vò dì 'na parolaccia.
Toccò a me l'antra sera a la Pilaccia:
Ché giucanno co certi vitturini,
Come me vedde vince un lammertini,
Disse pe ffoja: "Eh buggiarà Ssantaccia!"
Er giorn'appresso er prete già informato,
Mannò a ffamme chiamà dar chiricone,
E m'intimò la pena der peccato.
Sur primo io vorze dì le mi' raggione;
Ma ppoi me la sbrigai: "Padre Curato,
Buggiaravve a voi puro: ecco un testone".
A well-known fact is that priests go hunting
For money of all sorts and kinds.
Now my vicar has decreed a sixpence fine
For anyone saying a foul word.
It was my turn, the other night at the Pilaccia inn:
As I was gambling with some coach drivers,
When I lost a silver coin
I said in anger: "Damn Santaccia!"
On the following day the priest, already informed,
Sent out the sexton for me,
And inflicted me the penalty for that sin.
At first I tried to put forward my reasons,
But then I cut it short: "Father Vicar,
Damn yourself too, here's a shilling".
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Metre | 111111110 0111111 1011111010 11011111 101110011 11111 111111 111111 010111 101111 1111011 111011011 1111111 1011111 0111111110 11011101 1110101011 11010011 111101011011 11110011110 1110101 1101011 1010010101001 1101011 001010100111 11111110110 1111111010 10111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,104 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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