The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5

words removed
190,633
marks left
62,318
words a sentence
9.7
most used mark
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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 Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4, George Gordon Byron Byron. More twins

George Gordon Byron Byron on the shelf

6 books by George Gordon Byron Byron are on the shelf. Its fingerprint is the 2nd closest of the 6 to their average. Held out and guessed from its marks alone, the shelf takes it for Euripides. Of the 1187 other authors on the shelf, George Gordon Byron Byron's punctuation is closest to William Hone's.

George Gordon Byron Byron's average fingerprint

George Gordon Byron Byron on the numbers page

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookGeorge Gordon Byron Byron's averageEvery book's median
Semicolons11.518.47.6
Commas91.8116.078.1
Colons6.47.21.8
Exclamation marks15.38.72.0
Question marks9.74.72.8
Words per sentence9.716.617.7
Dialogue10%16%18%

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

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