Analysis of For Anne

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



With Annie gone,
whose eyes to compare
with the morning sun?

Not that I did compare,
But I do compare
Now that she's gone.


Scheme ABX BBA
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 11101 10101 111101 11101 1111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 117
Words 24
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 3
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 47
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted by RobertHaigh on June 12, 2020

Modified on May 02, 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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