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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

Robert Burns (1759–1796)

Project Gutenberg #1279 · EN · 127,376 words · ingested 26 May 2026

Hues

  • Algo: warm tone, rich vocabulary, measured rhythm
  • LLM: earthy, warm, folk-lyrical, tender and robust
  • Crowd: not derived yet — placeholder colour
  • Blend: Blended 40% algorithmic + 60% llm

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Bar heights are the relative frequency of the 28 most common English function words — a small, stable per-book signature.

Stylometry

Words
131,488
Sentences
7,002
Mean sentence length
18.8 words (std 20.5, p50 13, p90 40)
MTLD (vocab richness)
97.3
Type-token ratio
0.109
Commas / 1k
132.7
Periods / 1k
38.3
Semicolons / 1k
21.5
Colons / 1k
7.5
Question marks / 1k
3.3
Exclamation marks / 1k
13.2
Em-dashes / 1k
9.8
Parentheses / 1k
5.6

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