Analysis of Hail to the thief

Stephen Knox 1970 (Bygland)



Why we’ve been lied to and kept in the dark.
Slaves to their purpose,  we keep jumping the shark.

They learned long ago, from all they’ve amassed.
That control of tomorrow requires erasing the past.

Looking outside for the answers you seek.
Is a program they use that is making you weak.

Finding the truth, behind all that they hide.
Is easy as vibrating higher inside.

All from within so that everything is known.
The harvest that’s granted, first needs to be sown.

Slow down your thoughts, to go deep, down within.
You’ll see something new that’s about to begin.

These photons that soon will come down from above.
Activating you with the purest of love.

Understanding that, truly, our world is a stage.
Opening your eyes to this golden new age.


Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 1111101001 11110111001 1110111101 10110101001001 1011101011 10111111011 1001011111 11011001001 1101111011 01011011111 1111111101 11101101101 1111111101 1001101011 010110101101 10011111011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 778
Words 154
Sentences 17
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted by SteveGoldenfort on February 06, 2024

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