Analysis of Hermeneutic Overload



Hermes was a Greek god who curried for favor
to swindle potentates
with his cunning claver.

Hermes was a brigand who hid in camouflage
to swindle the nanve
with his fluent barrage.

Hermes was a merchant who traded confidence
to swindle clientele
with his fine eloquence.

Hermes was a schemer who invented a ruse
to swindle everyone
with his verbal abuse.

Hermes was a conman who used a gift of gab
to swindle innocents
with his persuasive blab.


Scheme AXA BXB CXC XXX DXD
Poetic Form
Metre 101011110110 11010 11101 1010111010 11001 111001 101010110100 11001 111100 101010101001 11010 111001 10101110111 110100 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 430
Words 78
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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