Analysis of Hospitality

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



with the old man –

......his exquisite hospitality

in the shack by the river –

that is, no hospitality

just emptying the bottle into my glass

and filling my plate

and falling asleep

when it was time to go


Scheme X A X A X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 11000100 0011010 1110100 11000100111 01011 01001 111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 216
Words 41
Sentences 2
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 20
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Submitted by RobertHaigh on August 01, 2020

Modified on April 17, 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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