Analysis of Irving and Me at the Hospital
Leonard Cohen 1934 (Westmount) – 2016 (Los Angeles, California)
He stood up for Nietzsche
I stood up for Christ
He stood up for victory
I stood up for less
I loved to read his verses
He loved to hear my song
We never had much interest
In who was right or wrong
His boxer's hands were shaking
He struggled with his pipe
Imperial Tobacco
Which I helped him light
for Irving Layton
| Scheme | AXAX XBXB XXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110 11111 1111100 11111 1111110 111111 1101110 011111 1101010 110111 010001 11111 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 323 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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