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 |
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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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