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.
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Submitted by RobertHaigh on June 12, 2020
Modified on May 02, 2023
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Scheme | ABX BBA |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 117 |
Words | 24 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3 |
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