Struwwelpeter

words removed
2,420
marks left
687
words a sentence
14.8
most used mark
,

Its punctuation fingerprint: each mark's share, on the same scale as every book on the shelf.

Its punctuation twin, the closest fingerprint on the shelf: The Song Celestial, Edwin Arnold. More twins

Heinrich Hoffmann on the shelf

It's the only book by Heinrich Hoffmann on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Heinrich Hoffmann's punctuation is closest to Edwin Arnold's.

Edwin Arnold's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookEvery book's median
Semicolons21.17.2
Commas114.076.6
Colons8.71.6
Exclamation marks33.12.8
Question marks1.73.7
Words per sentence14.817.0
Dialogue14%22%

Every mark in reading order, left to right, top to bottom. Sentence endings are pink.

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