Analysis of LOTTE A CASA (Lot At Home)

Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli 1791 (Rome) – 1863



Cor zu' bravo sbordone a manimanca,
Du' pellegrini a or de vemmaria
Cercaveno indov'era l'osteria,
Perc'uno aveva male in d'una cianca.

Ce s'incontra er zor Lotte, e je spalanca
Er portone dicenno: "A casa mia"
E loro je risposeno: "Per dia
Dimani sarai fio de l'oca bianca".

Quelli ereno du' angeli, fratello,
Che ar vedelli passà li Ghimorrini
Se sentinno addrizzà tutti l'ucello.

E arrivonno a strillà, fiji de mulo:
"Lotte, mannece giù li pellegrini,
Che ce serveno a noi pe daje in culo".

With a staff in their left hand,
Two pilgrims at midnight
Were looking for the tavern
Because one of them had an aching leg.

They met Lot, who opened for them
His door, saying: "Come to my home".
They replied: "By God,
Tomorrow you will be a privileged man".

Those were two angels, brother,
Who, passing by, made the people of Gomorrah
Grow sexually excited .

And those bastards even shouted:
"Lot, send us the pilgrims,
We need them for having sex" .


Scheme ABBA ACCA DED DED XXEA XXXE BBF FXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1110101 10100111 111 1011101101 11011111 01101010 11011110 11111010 1110101 111111 111101 11011011 1111010 111011101 1010111 11011 0101010 0111111101 11111011 11101111 10111 011110101 1011010 110110101010 11000010 01101010 111010 1111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 965
Words 168
Sentences 10
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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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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