The Iliad

words removed
190,098
marks left
46,946
words a sentence
22.7
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 Aeneid, Virgil. More twins

Homer on the shelf

2 books by Homer are on the shelf. Its fingerprint is the 1st closest of the 2 to their average. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Homer's punctuation is closest to M. I. Ebbutt's.

Homer's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookHomer's averageEvery book's median
Semicolons20.014.17.2
Commas107.589.476.6
Colons13.67.41.6
Exclamation marks7.73.92.8
Question marks2.82.53.7
Words per sentence22.725.417.0
Dialogue43%54%22%
  • The Iliad8th century BCE
  • The Odyssey8th century BCE

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

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