L'innustria (striving) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA ABBA CDC DCD E FGHI ABBJ AKL AML| Un giorno che arrestai propio a la fetta | A |
| Senz'av manco l'arma d'un quadrino | B |
| Senti che cosa fo curro ar camino | B |
| E roppo in quattro pezzi la paletta | A |
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| Poi me l'invorto sott'a la giacchetta | A |
| E vado a spasso pe Campovaccino | B |
| A aspett quarche ingrese milordino | B |
| Da daje una corcata co l'accetta | A |
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| De fatti ecco che vi quer c'aspettavo | C |
| Siggnore guardi un po' quest'anticaja | D |
| C'avemo trovo jeri in de lo scavo | C |
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| Lui se ficca l'occhiali la scannaja | D |
| Me mette in mano un scudo e dice Bravo | C |
| E accus a Roma se pela la quaja | D |
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| English | E |
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| One day I had really gone penniless | F |
| I had no money at all | G |
| And this is what I did I ran to the fire place | H |
| And broke the shovel into four pieces | I |
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| Then I wrapped it up in my jacket | A |
| And went walking along Campo Vaccino | B |
| Waiting for some sofisticated English gentleman | B |
| So to swindle him well | J |
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| And what I was waiting for actually happened | A |
| Sir would you take a look at this antique | K |
| We found yesterday while excavating | L |
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| He wears his glasses examines it | A |
| Gives me a shilling and says Good job | M |
| In Rome this is how we scrape a living | L |
Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli
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