Analysis of Hey me
Stephen Knox 1970 (Bygland)
Ever since way back, when I was small.
I had dreams of a woman, I knew not at all.
Try as I might, to catch a glimpse of her face.
The moment I awaken, all I saw would erase.
Every single night, as I arrive in my dreams.
She would show me that reality is not as it seems.
Her presence is not part of time and of space.
Outside of my dreams, I can find not a trace.
I look very closely at all those I meet.
Even the people, I pass on the street.
Hoping to see her, or that she’ll find me.
Recognizing we make up, two parts of the three.
I see now that I am just farther along.
Waiting for her, to put words to my song.
Looking at time back from here to the past.
She’s always with me, like a shadow I cast
Stop worrying about things, that you know to be true.
The secret behind why, we are split up in two.
Scheme | AA BB CC BB DD EE FF GG HH |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 101111111 111101011111 11111101101 0101010111101 1001011101011 111111011111 01011111011 11111111101 11101011111 1001011101 1011011111 10011111101 11111111001 1010111111 1011111101 111110111 1100011111111 010011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 834 |
Words | 194 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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