Analysis of The Fly
Leonard Cohen 1934 (Westmount) – 2016 (Los Angeles, California)
In his black armour
the house-fly marched the field
of Freda's sleeping thighs,
undisturbed by the soft hand
which vaguely moved
to end his exercise.
And it ruined my day —
this fly which never planned
to charm her or to please
should walk boldly on that ground
I tried so hard
to lay my trembling knees.
| Scheme | ABCDECFDGHIG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110 011101 11101 011011 1101 11110 011011 111101 110111 1110111 1111 1111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 310 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 242 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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