Analysis of ER RIFUGGIO (The Refuge)

Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli 1791 (Rome) – 1863



A le curte: te vòi sbrigà d'Aggnesa
Senza er risico tuo? Be', tu pprocura
D'ammazzalla vicino a quarche chiesa:
Poi scappa drento, e nun avé ppavura.

In zarvo che tu ssei dopo l'impresa,
Freghete del mandato de cattura;
Ché a chi tte facci l'ombra de l'offesa
Una bona scomunnica è ssicura.

Lassa fà: staccheranno la licenza:
Ma ppe la grolia der timor de Dio,
C'è sempre quarche pprete che ce penza.

Tu nun ze' un borzarolo né un giudìo,
Ma un cristiano c'ha perzo la pacenza:
Dunque, tu mena, curri in chiesa, e addio.

In short: do you want to get rid of Agnes
Without any risk? What you have to do
Is to kill her near a church:
Then run inside, and don't worry [1] .

Once you're safe after the action,
Don't care about the warrant of arrest;
Because anyone trying to harm you
Would surely be excommunicated.

Let them do: they'll issue the warrant:
But for the glory of the fear of God
There's always a priest who will care.

You're not a thief nor a jew [2] ,
You're a man [3] who lost his temper:
So, strike and run inside: that's it.


Scheme ABAB ABAB ACA XAC ACXD XCXC CCB DBC
Poetic Form
Metre 00111111 1011111 10100110 1111111 0111111 1101011 10111111 101011 101111 111110111 11111110 111111111 11001011111 1110101011 01111111110 0110111111 1110101 110101101 11110010 1101010101 011010111 11010100 111110010 1101010111 1101111 11011011 1011111110 11010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,062
Words 198
Sentences 11
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) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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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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