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
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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