Variation of Sentence-Constants in Literature 



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GOETHE 



{Italid'lische Reise: 

 First hundred periods. 

 Second " 



Third " • . 



Fourth " " 



Fifth 



Rom 



GOETHE 



) {Letters to Frau von Stei 



23.1 First hundred periods 



23.7 Second '• 



22.7 Third 



21.5 Fourth " 



22.7 Fifth 



13.5 

 12.5 

 11.3 

 11.2 

 12.4 



12.2 



Average for 500 periods 22.7 Average for 500 periods . . 



GOETHE 

 {^Die Metamorphose der Pflanzen) 



First hundred periods 33.8 



Second " " 34.1 



Remaining 88 " 33.3 



Average for 288 periods 33.7 



If we arrange these results, including the numbers previously 

 found for the Goetz von Bcrlichingen and Bildhauerkunst, in 

 order of the 'sentence-length we have the following instructive 

 table : 



TABLE I 



VARIATIONS IN SENTENCE-LENGTH OF GOETHE'S WRITINGS 



Der Buergergeneral 



Goetz von Berlichingen . . . 

 Letters to Frau v. Stein . . . 



Faust: First Part 



Faust: Second Part 



Reinecke Fuchs 



Die Leiden d. J. Werthers . 

 Italianische Reise: Rom. . 

 Die Wdhlverwandtschaften 

 Briefe aus der Schweiz . . . . 

 Entwurf einer Farbenlehre 



Bildhauerkunst 



Dichtung u. Wahrheit . . . . 

 Metamorphose d. Pflanzen . 

 Literatur: Recensionen ... 



5.0 

 8.5 

 12.2 

 13,7 

 15. (j 

 16.7 

 20.3 

 22.7 

 23 4 

 25.3 

 26.4 

 31.5 

 31.7 

 33.7 

 34.7 



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