What Is The Mood Of The Song Hallelujah

“Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen was written in 1984. In 2016, after Cohen’s death, the song regained popularity after being featured in many films and covered by many artists with over 300 versions of the song. This song has been re-written countless times and there have been over 80 different verses that were narrowed down to the 15 in the full version. Cohen's view is that "many different hallelujahs exist" and “all the perfect and broken hallelujahs have equal value.” The central idea is that many different “hallelujahs” exist and that Holy or broken, there is still hallelujah. The tone of this song is so bittersweet, so beautiful, yet sad at the same time. The song has a rawness that allows you to really hear the singer as he admits that all he ever learned from love “was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.”Every artist has used an idiosyncratic vocal tone to channel the anger, joy and pain of their songs. This is what Cohen did in this song. It is reflected in many different covers with very different tones, allowing the song to be melancholic, fragile, uplifting or joyous. The first poetic device used in this song is repetition. Cohen uses repetition in this song by repeating the word “Hallelujah” over and over again. Cohen packs

Cohen uses metaphor when talking about “Love is not a victory march / it’s cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.” This means that love is not always a triumph. That just because you fall in love with somebody, it doesn’t mean you’ve won the war. There is always more trouble and heartache ahead. No relationship is perfect without frustration and anger. There is always some disappointment in love. Also, a metaphor is used in the line “I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch.” The marble arch is a symbol of a great triumph and a flag is a statement identity, a placeholder for a greater concept. These two things come together in a victory