Analysis of Body of Loneliness

Leonard Cohen 1934 (Westmount) – 2016 (Los Angeles, California)



She entered my foot with her foot
and she entered my waist with her snow.
She entered my heart saying,
"Yes, that's right."
And so the Body of Loneliness
was covered from without,
and from within
the Body of Loneliness was embraced.
Now every time I try to draw a breath
she whispers to my breathlessness,
"Yes, my love, that's right, that's right."


Scheme ABCDEFGHIED
Poetic Form
Metre 11011101 011011101 1101110 111 010101100 110101 0101 0101100101 11001111101 110111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 359
Words 67
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 285
Words per stanza (avg) 63
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Submitted by RobertHaigh on June 11, 2020

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen was a highly gifted and varied writer — novelist, playright, songwriter and poet. He was already quite famous as a poet before embarking on a music career as a singer-songwriter. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest songwriters of all time, and his songs have been recorded by countless other performers. Born in Montreal, Canada, in 1934, Cohen had a long and productive career. He was working right up to his death, in 2016 at the age of 82. more…

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