La Scerta (the Choice) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA AAAA BCB DCA E FGHI AIAJ KII LMI| Sta accus La padrona cor padrone | A |
| Volenno marit la padroncina | A |
| Je portonno davanti una matina | A |
| Pe sceje du' bravissime perzone | A |
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| Un de li dua aveva una ventina | A |
| D'anni e du' spalle peggio de Sanzone | A |
| E l'antro lo diceveno un riccone | A |
| Ma aveva un po' la testa cennerina | A |
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| Subbito er giuvinotto de quer paro | B |
| Se fece avanti a d Sora Lucia | C |
| Chi volete de noi parlate chiaro | B |
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| Pe dilla me piacete voi e lui | D |
| Rispose la zitella e ppijer a | C |
| Er cicio vostro e li quadrini sui | A |
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| English | E |
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| This is how it went My master and mistress | F |
| Wishing to have their daughter married | G |
| One morning brought in front of her | H |
| Two very respectable persons to choose | I |
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| One of the two was about twenty | A |
| Years old and had shoulders wider than Samson's | I |
| While the other one was known as a rich man | A |
| But had a few grey hair | J |
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| Immediately the young man of the couple | K |
| Started saying Miss Lucy | I |
| Who of us do you want speak frankly | I |
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| Really I like both of you | L |
| Answered the girl and I would take | M |
| Your tool and his money | I |
Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli
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