Analysis of You Have Loved Enough
Leonard Cohen 1934 (Westmount) – 2016 (Los Angeles, California)
I came to You with sorrow –
You said,"Come to me with bread”.
I could not make a living –
You employed me with the dead.
I chose the marble chambers –
But You sent me down below.
You kept me from believing
Until You let me know:
That I am not the one who loves –
It's Love that seizes me!
When hatred with his package comes,
You forbid delivery.
And when the hunger for Your touch
rises from the hunger,
You whisper, "Child ,you've loved enough,
now let Me be the Lover".
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The song 'You Have Loved Enough' on
Ten New Songs is based on this poem.
Scheme | ABCB XACA XDXD XEXE XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 111111 1111010 1011101 1101010 1111101 1111010 011111 11110111 111101 11011101 1010100 01010111 101010 11011101 1111010 1 01111011 111111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 569 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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