Analysis of ER ZAGRIFIZZIO D'ABBRAMO III (Abraham's Sacrifice 3)

Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli 1791 (Rome) – 1863



"Pacenza", dice Isacco ar zu' padraccio,
Se butta s'una pietra inginocchione,
E quer boja de padre arza er marraccio
Tra cap'e collo ar povero cojone.

"Fermete, Abbramo: nun calà quer braccio",
Strilla un Angiolo allora da un cantone:
"Dio te vorze provà co sto setaccio..."
Bee, bee... Chi è quest'antro! è un pecorone.

Inzomma, amici cari, io già sso' stracco
D'ariccontavve er fatto a la distesa.
La pecora morì: fu sarvo Isacco:

E quella pietra che m'avete intesa
Mentovà ssur più bello de l'acciacco,
Sta a Roma, in Borgo-novo, in d'una chiesa.

"I resign myself", said Isaac to his evil father,
Dropping to his knees over a stone,
And that wicked father raised the knife
Over the neck of the poor fool.

"Stop, Abraham: don't let your arm down",
Cried an Angel from a corner:
"God wanted to put you to the test..."
Baa, baa... Who's there! a ram.

In conclusion, dear friends, I'm now tired
of telling you the story in full.
The ram died: Isaac was saved:

And that stone you heard me mention
At the crucial stage of this abuse,
Is in Rome, in Borgo Nuovo, in a church.


Scheme ABAB ABAB CAC ACA DBXX BDXX XXX BAX
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 1111011 11111101 1111111 111111 111111010 1111111 111111 11110111 101011 10101111 111111 1111011 10100110011010 1011110111010 101111001 011010101 10011011 11011111 11101010 110111101 111101 0010111110 110101001 0111011 01111110 101011101 1010110001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,087
Words 195
Sentences 15
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
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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