Analysis of ER ZAGRIFIZZIO D'ABBRAMO II (Abraham's Sacrifice 2)

Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli 1791 (Rome) – 1863



Doppo fatta un boccon de colazzione
Partirno tutt'e quattro a giorno chiaro,
E camminorno sempre in orazzione
Pe quarche mijo ppiù der centinaro.

"Semo arrivati: alò", disse er vecchione,
"Incollete er fascetto, fijo caro",
Poi, vortannose in là, fece ar garzone:
"Aspettateme qui voi cor zomaro".

Saliva Isacco, e diceva: "Papà,
Ma diteme, la vittima indov'è"?
E lui j'arisponneva: "Un po' ppiù in là".

Ma quanno finarmente furno sù,
Strillò Abbramo ar fijolo: "Isacco, a tte,
Faccia a tterra: la vittima sei tu".

II
After having a little breakfast
All four of them left at dawn,
And walked in prayer
A bit further than one hundred miles.

"Here we are: come on", said the old man,
"Take the bundle, dear son",
Then, turning towards the servant, he told him:
"You wait here with the donkey".

While climbing, Isaac asked: "Daddy,
Tell me, where's the victim?"
And he answered: "A bit further on".

But when they finally reached the top,
Abraham cried to his son: "Isaac, it's up to you,
Lay face down: you are the victim".


Scheme ABAB ABAB XXX XCC XCAXX AAXX CDA XXD
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 1111001010 11101 111111 11110010 101110 1101111 11111 0101111 11111 110111101 111101 1111101 1011111 1 101001010 1111111 0101 011011101 111111011 101011 11001010111 1111010 11010110 111010 011001101 111100101 101111101111 11111010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,045
Words 180
Sentences 11
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3, 5, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 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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