Analysis of LA SCERTA (The Choice)
Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli 1791 (Rome) – 1863
Sta accusì. La padrona cor padrone,
Volenno marità la padroncina
Je portonno davanti una matina,
Pe sceje, du' bravissime perzone.
Un de li dua aveva una ventina
D'anni, e du' spalle peggio de Sanzone;
E l'antro lo diceveno un riccone
Ma aveva un po' la testa cennerina.
Subbito er giuvinotto de quer paro
Se fece avanti a dì: "Sora Lucia,
Chi volete de noi? parlate chiaro".
"Pe dilla, me piacete voi e lui",
Rispose la zitella; "e ppijerìa
Er cicio vostro e li quadrini sui".
This is how it went. My master and mistress,
Wishing to have their daughter married
One morning brought in front of her
Two very respectable persons to choose.
One of the two was about twenty
Years old, and had shoulders wider than Samson's;
While the other one was known as a rich man
But had a few grey hair.
Immediately the young man of the couple
Started saying: "Miss Lucy,
Who of us do you want? speak frankly".
"Really, I like both of you",
Answered the girl; "and I would take
Your tool and his money".
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Metre | 111111 1111 111101 11111 11111101 111111010 111111 11111101 1011110 1101001110 11111010 11111110 111110 0100111110 11111110010 101111010 11010110 11001001011 110110110 1101101011 10101111011 110111 010000111010 1010110 111111110 1011111 10010111 110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,008 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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