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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 9 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 81039 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 79 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Burns 8 man 7 Edinburgh 6 Robert 5 scottish 5 Scotland 5 Mr. 5 Mary 5 John 5 Jean 4 time 4 love 4 day 4 Thomson 4 Mrs. 4 Lord 4 Dunlop 4 Dr. 3 poet 3 life 3 William 3 Tam 3 Sir 3 James 3 Highland 3 God 3 Excise 3 Ayrshire 2 song 2 like 2 friend 2 come 2 Willie 2 Wha 2 Thou 2 Scotch 2 Ramsay 2 Miss 2 Mauchline 2 March 2 Madam 2 January 2 Heaven 2 Graham 2 Footnote 2 Epistle 2 English 2 Ellisland 2 Dumfries 2 Cunningham Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 2187 man 1464 song 1325 time 1289 day 1271 life 1248 poet 1212 heart 1121 friend 958 o 905 letter 864 love 772 year 653 way 652 world 627 poem 581 name 579 verse 565 mind 558 country 545 night 527 hand 494 air 474 work 450 part 440 thing 436 word 432 power 431 soul 427 pleasure 427 father 414 place 406 nature 401 honour 382 line 375 wife 368 hour 367 character 364 family 352 eye 350 book 343 brother 339 son 337 kind 337 idea 332 woman 326 head 323 feeling 320 death 312 business 310 one Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 8634 _ 2408 Burns 998 Mr. 833 wi 590 Edinburgh 586 thou 559 Sir 557 ye 521 Mrs. 520 B. 512 R. 382 Wi 375 John 366 God 347 Robert 336 Footnote 321 Scotland 305 Mary 295 I. 292 auld 291 Miss 283 o''er 273 sae 268 Ye 267 Thomson 264 MR 259 Jean 254 Thou 252 Dr. 234 Lord 221 c. 221 Tam 214 Highland 213 Willie 213 Ellisland 210 Dunlop 194 Dumfries 187 James 184 Museum 184 Mauchline 178 Clarinda 176 William 174 lang 172 Ayrshire 168 Ayr 163 awa 160 Madam 154 nae 147 bonnie 142 Auld Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 13117 i 6856 he 5521 it 4287 you 3448 me 2381 him 2021 they 1676 we 1499 them 1334 she 747 her 609 us 541 himself 341 myself 286 thee 120 itself 114 themselves 100 mine 93 yours 91 one 58 ay 55 yourself 45 ye 43 herself 34 ourselves 20 thyself 18 his 15 ''s 15 ''em 13 wi 8 theirs 8 ours 8 o 8 hers 6 thy 5 thou 4 ha''e 3 pu''d 3 na 3 fa''n 2 yourselves 2 whim 2 upo 2 hov''d 2 girn 2 creepin 1 you''re 1 yesterday.--i 1 ye''se 1 ye''re Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 23983 be 8828 have 2219 do 1452 say 1401 make 1396 see 1288 write 1131 know 1110 give 1003 come 929 think 869 take 753 go 634 meet 627 find 593 tell 555 let 514 get 508 leave 505 call 473 send 461 hear 437 look 407 love 375 live 354 set 344 seem 341 bear 336 compose 331 feel 319 wish 312 follow 308 begin 300 sing 291 keep 288 speak 284 believe 273 die 272 bring 269 return 268 lie 267 read 249 become 245 put 242 want 242 turn 240 lay 238 show 230 pass 229 stand Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3831 not 1661 so 1497 more 1096 good 1066 much 1015 now 967 well 945 very 939 first 872 most 868 great 858 ever 853 never 849 little 839 other 839 old 816 only 770 then 702 up 688 still 684 as 674 own 662 last 659 here 633 dear 621 many 605 out 556 such 555 poor 538 too 512 even 499 long 499 far 475 young 461 same 445 yet 441 just 431 high 429 few 407 down 382 perhaps 376 there 367 again 355 true 334 fair 329 sweet 325 soon 324 fine 318 happy 314 indeed Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 379 good 194 least 152 most 114 high 90 great 71 bad 70 dear 54 fine 49 late 38 fair 37 warm 34 early 33 noble 32 eld 29 happy 22 deep 20 sweet 15 strong 15 pure 15 l 15 bl 14 wild 14 true 13 young 12 slight 12 sincere 12 near 12 able 11 low 10 wise 10 bright 9 rich 9 lovely 9 large 9 heavy 8 warst 8 small 8 old 8 bonny 8 Most 7 vile 7 poor 6 sound 6 handsome 6 cheap 5 worthy 5 proud 5 pr 5 polite 5 ni Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 720 most 39 well 31 least 2 worst 2 soon 2 lookest 2 lest 2 fairest 1 stanzas:-- 1 purest 1 hard 1 greatest 1 clearest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www.archive.org Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.archive.org/details/lifeofrobertburn00carl Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 burns was not 12 burns did not 12 song is old 9 heart is sair 8 o saw ye 8 ye were na 7 letter was first 6 burns had not 6 burns was never 6 heart is not 5 burns is not 5 love were yon 5 man has nothing 5 nights are lang 4 burns was too 4 heart is true 4 heart was so 4 love is liberty 4 men are equally 4 song is dr. 3 _ be _ 3 _ love _ 3 burns had little 3 burns had many 3 burns had more 3 burns had never 3 burns left edinburgh 3 burns was fond 3 friends are faithless 3 friends are few 3 heart be glad 3 life called social 3 man has serious 3 men are superior 3 men are villains 3 night comes on 3 night were ne''er 3 poems having just 3 poet were formerly 3 song is not 3 time is near 3 ways are ways 3 world is not 3 ye been sae 3 year is full 2 _ are beings 2 _ comes on 2 _ did _ 2 _ do _ 2 _ do nt Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 heart is not here 2 burns was no longer 2 life is no great 2 poets are not very 2 year was no bad 1 _ is not more 1 burns are no true 1 burns are not more 1 burns did not always 1 burns had no belief 1 burns had no great 1 burns had no lover 1 burns had no more 1 burns had no retreat 1 burns is not exclusively 1 burns took no pleasure 1 burns was no snob 1 burns was no vulgar 1 burns was not loyal 1 burns was not now 1 burns was not only 1 burns was not self 1 burns was not sound 1 burns was not unconsciously 1 burns was not weak 1 edinburgh was not likely 1 edinburgh were not displeased 1 heart is not worth 1 heart were not generally 1 letter has no date 1 life is not worth 1 man does not categorically 1 man is not so 1 men are not satisfactorily 1 minds are not aware 1 name has no chance 1 poem is not so 1 poems have no equals 1 poet has no news 1 poet was no less 1 poet was no longer 1 poet was no technical 1 poet was not sure 1 poet were not at 1 song is not old 1 song was not much 1 songs were not hurriedly 1 thou ''s no ane 1 time was not so 1 time was not yet A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 18500 author = Burns, Robert title = The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham date = keywords = Ainslie; Allan; April; Armour; August; Auld; Ayr; Ayrshire; Bonnie; Burns; Captain; Clarke; Cunningham; DEAR; December; Devon; Dr.; Dumfries; Dunlop; Earl; Edinburgh; Ellisland; English; Esq; Excise; Footnote; Glencairn; God; Gordon; Graham; Hamilton; Heaven; Highland; James; Jamie; January; Jean; John; Johnson; June; Kilmarnock; Lady; Lord; Madam; March; Mary; Mauchline; Miller; Miss; Mossgiel; Mr.; Mrs.; Museum; Nith; Nithsdale; Poem; Poet; Ramsay; Riddel; Robert; Sae; Scotch; Scotland; September; Sir; Smith; Song; Stewart; Tam; Thomson; Thou; Wallace; West; Wha; William; Willie; come; day; death; friend; iii; like; love; man; scottish; till summary = in his pocket, Burns made his way to Wauchope, the residence of Mrs. Scott, who had welcomed him into the world as a poet in verses lively lived in her girlish years: the good old man was long blind ere he while my mother would sing the simple old song of ''The Life and Age of It is said that one day a friend read to the poet some verses from the And mak thee a man like thy daddie dear. [Burns in these verses caught up the starting note of an old song, of [Concerning this fine song, Burns in his notes says, "This air is name." Burns corrected some lines in the old song, which had more wit, [Burns tells Thomson, in the letter enclosing this song, that he is in turning poet till I got once heartily in love, and then rhyme and song id = 9863 author = Burns, Robert title = The Letters of Robert Burns date = keywords = Ayrshire; Burns; Clarinda; Cunningham; DUMFRIES; Dr.; Dunlop; ELLISLAND; Edinburgh; Excise; February; Footnote; God; Graham; Heaven; James; January; John; Lord; Madam; March; Mauchline; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; ROBERT; SYLVANDER; Sir; Thomson; William; day; dear; friend; good; letter; life; man; scottish; time summary = Mr. and Mrs. Muir; and with wishing you a merry New-year''s day, I shall rest of the family desire to inclose their kind compliments to you, Mrs. Burness, and the rest of your family, along with those of, dear Sir, HONOURED SIR,--My proposals[12a] came to hand last night, and, knowing My best good wishes to Mr. Aikin.--I am ever, dear Sir, your much indebted humble servant, R. REVEREND AND DEAR SIR,--When I look at the date of your kind letter, my while the drops of life warm my heart, gratitude to that dear-loved answered your kind letter, but you know I am a man of many sins. of a good God, Clarinda, as to think that Friendship and Love, on the friend--wishing you long life and prosperity, and that every good thing If you mean, my dear Sir, that all the songs in your collection shall be id = 36074 author = Carlyle, Thomas title = Life of Robert Burns date = keywords = Burns; Carlyle; Edinburgh; Mr.; Robert; Scotland; british; great; heart; life; man; poet; scottish; time; true; world; year summary = "The first time I saw Edward Irving," writes Mr. Carlyle in 1835, "was six-and-twenty years ago, in his native town, Annan. upon a young mind of intellectual ambition." The advice here given to Mr. Carlyle by his critic, was followed by him in so far that, in 1827, he a greater power over the minds of men, and the general system of life, uniformly treats Burns as the high and remarkable man the public voice has true Poet, a man in whose heart resides some effluence of Wisdom, some In this respect, Burns, though not perhaps absolutely a great poet, better popular in Burns''s time, were little distinguished for their literary It was little in Burns''s character to let his feelings on certain subjects True, Burns had little means, had even little time for poetry, A man like Burns might have divided his hours between poetry and virtuous id = 30489 author = Combe, George title = Phrenological Development of Robert Burns From a Cast of His Skull Moulded at Dumfries, the 31st Day of March 1834 date = keywords = Burns; large summary = [Illustration: VIEWS OF THE SKULL OF ROBERT BURNS.] OBSERVATIONS ON THE SKULL OF BURNS, Robert Burns was born on 25th January 1759, and died at Dumfries on 21st March 1834, the vault was opened for the purpose of depositing her remains The Skull of Burns indicates a large brain. The brain of Burns, therefore, possessed the two elements of power and uncommonly large, indicating strong passions, and great energy in action large; Philoprogenitiveness uncommonly so for a male head. The organs of Combativeness and Destructiveness are large, bespeaking The organs of the moral sentiments are also largely developed. The Skull indicates the combination of strong animal passions, with In the combination of very large Philoprogenitiveness and Adhesiveness, The combination of large Secretiveness, Imitation, and the Perceptive The combination of large Perceptive and Reflecting organs The combination of large organs of the Animal Propensities, with large id = 35299 author = Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin) title = The Real Robert Burns date = keywords = Alison; Burns; Christ; Clarinda; Dunlop; Edinburgh; Epistle; God; Jean; John; Mary; Mrs; Murdoch; Old; Robert; Years; love; man summary = second by the fact that Burns wrote the greatest poem ever written by any An important element in the education of Burns was his love of Nature. great, loving heart of Burns--for the death of the pet lamb. Burns wrote several short religious poems in his early young manhood, In the fine poem he wrote to Mrs Dunlop on New Year''s Day, 1790, he says: I believe in eternal life with God. Carlyle expressed regret that ''Burns became involved in the religious Burns gives each man the true test of the influence of his life for the Burns wrote five love-letters to Alison Begbie. Could any reasonable man believe that if Burns had really loved other In descriptive power and in fond and reverent love no poem of Burns, or Burns saw man''s duty to his fellows and to himself in this life. Burns said her love made him a poet. id = 18388 author = Neilson, William Allan title = Robert Burns: How To Know Him date = keywords = Ayr; Bonnie; Burns; Charlie; Edinburgh; English; Epistle; Highland; James; Jean; John; Lord; Mailie; Mary; Nannie; Ramsay; Robert; Samson; Scotch; Scotland; Scots; Sir; Tam; Thomson; Thou; Wha; Willie; come; day; like; love; man; scottish; tho; thy summary = long autobiographical letter written by Robert Burns to Doctor John William Burnes, the father of the poet, came of a family of farmers An'' if thou be what I wad hae thee, [would have] Burns''s letters written at this time show an amused consciousness of Scotland, having done little for Burns in his life, Three forms of speech were current in Scotland in the time of Burns, Contrast again songs like _Corn Rigs_ or _Whistle and I''ll Come To For Burns not only knew, as we have seen, the old songs--words and Thou''rt to Love and Heaven sae dear, Flow gently, I''ll sing thee a song in thy praise; Thou''rt like themselves sae lovely, The honest man, tho'' e''er sae poor, Such in nature and origin are the songs of Burns. early sixteenth century down to Burns''s own time Scottish poetry had But thy auld tail thou wad hae whiskit, capered] id = 30721 author = Setoun, Gabriel title = Robert Burns date = keywords = Burns; Creech; Dr.; Edinburgh; Gilbert; Holy; Jean; Mary; Mr.; Mrs.; Robert; Scotland; William; day; life; love; man; poem; poet; song; time summary = Those who would speak of the poet Robert Burns are expected to of Robert Burns''s life simply and clearly, neither wandering away into spoken with conscious pride of utterance, Robert Burns, Poet. Gilbert Burns, writing to Dr. Currie of the school-days under Mr. Murdoch, says: ''We learnt to read English tolerably well, and to write a Looking back on his life at this time, Burns Up to this time, the twenty-fifth year of his age, Burns had not written but let it be alive and burning in the heart of the poet, and all else true poet is also a prophet; and Robert Burns was a prophet when he Poets do not sow and reap at the same time--not even Burns. left an account of the poet''s visit; while the two days which Burns It is in his songs, however, more than in his poems, that we find Burns They admire many poets; they love Robert Burns. id = 21330 author = Shairp, John Campbell title = Robert Burns date = keywords = Allan; Ayrshire; Burns; Dr.; Dumfries; Dunlop; Edinburgh; Ellisland; Excise; Highland; Jean; Lockhart; Lord; Mary; Mr.; Mrs.; Robert; Scotland; Thomson; man; poet; scottish; song; time summary = Burns met a young lass, who set his heart on fire, and put an end to In these lines the lyric genius of Burns was for the first time thirteen years before the day of Burns, had met the rude manners of sentiment now, and to think that a man gifted like Burns should have will turn out well." On the same New Year''s Day Burns addressed to It passed into the Riddell family, and now in Burns''s time it The poem was the work of one day, of which Mrs. Burns retained a vivid habits, which to a nature like Burns must have at all times been The social condition of Dumfries at the time when Burns went to live During the first year at Dumfries, Burns for the first time began to day, any more than it was in the time of Burns. Songs, Burns''s, 202-205. id = 35293 author = nan title = A Day with the Poet Burns date = keywords = Burns; John; Tam; man summary = As fair thou art, my bonnie lass, And I will love thee still, my dear, A DAY WITH THE POET BURNS cloudy winter''s day, and hear the stormy wind howling among the trees, The honest man, tho'' e''er sae poor, Thou''st met me in an evil hour; Thou''st met me in an evil hour; Thou lifts thy unassuming head Again thou usher''st in the day See''st thou thy lover lowly laid? To live one day of parting love! Robert Burns--his poems come swiftly and spontaneously to him, as Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears As fair art thou, my bonie lass, The hour approaches Tam maun ride-Fare-thee-weel, thou first and fairest! Fare-thee-weel, thou best and dearest! But when will he dance like Tam Glen! But wha can think sae o'' Tam Glen! upon Burns''s heart: and as he turns to rest, and sees the peaceful