L'abbichino De Le Donne (womens Abacus) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA AAAA BCB CBC D EBBB FBGH CIJ KLC| La donna inzino ar venti si contenta | A |
| Mamma l'anni che tti ssempre li canta | A |
| Ne cresce uno oggni cinque inzino ar trenta | A |
| Eppoi se ferma l ssino a quaranta | A |
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| Dar quarantuno impoi stenta e nun stenta | A |
| E ne dice antri dua sino ar cinquanta | A |
| Ma allora che aruvina pe la scenta | A |
| Te la senti sart ssubbito a ottanta | A |
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| Perch ar cresce li fiji de li fiji | B |
| Nun potenno esse ppi donna d'amore | C |
| V ffigur da donna de conziji | B |
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| E allora er cardinale o er monziggnore | C |
| Che j'allisciava er pelo a li cuniji | B |
| Comincia a recit da confessore | C |
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| English | D |
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| Women till the age of twenty if mother agrees | E |
| Always declare their age | B |
| They count one every five until they are thirty | B |
| And then they stop counting until forty | B |
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| From forty one onwards they barely move | F |
| Declaring two more until they are fifty | B |
| But then spoilt by time | G |
| They suddenly reach the age of eigthy | H |
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| Because as the children of their children grow | C |
| No longer being women of love | I |
| They wish to appear as women of wisdom | J |
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| And then cardinals and bishops | K |
| Who used to be in friendly terms with them | L |
| Start playing the role of the confessor | C |
Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli
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