Analysis of Sicily Café

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



And now that I kneel
At the edge of my years
Let me fall through the mirror of love

And the things that I know
Let them drift like the snow
Let me dwell in the light that's above

In the radiant light
Where there’s day and there's night
And truth is the widest embrace

That includes what is lost
Includes what is found
What you write and what you erase

And when will my heart break open
When will my love be born
In this scheme of unspeakable suffering
Where even the blueprint is torn


Scheme XXA BBA CCD XXD XEXE
Poetic Form
Metre 01111 101111 111101011 001111 111101 111001101 001001 111011 01101001 101111 01111 11101101 01111110 111111 01110100100 1100111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 472
Words 97
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 77
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted by RobertHaigh on August 01, 2020

Modified on April 26, 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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