CHARACTERIZING ENGLISH POETIC STYLE USING COMPLEX NETWORKS

Ranzivelle Marianne Roxas-Villanueva (), Maelori Krista Nambatac and Giovanni Tapang
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Ranzivelle Marianne Roxas-Villanueva: National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines
Maelori Krista Nambatac: National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines
Giovanni Tapang: National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2012, vol. 23, issue 02, 1-7

Abstract: Complex networks have been proven useful in characterizing written texts. Here, we use networks to probe if there exist a similarity within, and difference across, era as reflected within the poem's structure. In literary history, boundary lines are set to distinguish the change in writing styles through time. We obtain the network parameters and motif frequencies of 845 poems published from 1522 to 1931 and relate this to the writing of the Elizabethan, 17th Century, Augustan, Romantic and Victorian eras. Analysis of the different network parameters shows a significant difference of the Augustan era (1667–1780) with the rest. The network parameters and the convex hull and centroids of the motif frequencies reflect the adjectival sequence pattern of the poems of the Augustan era.

Keywords: Word adjacency networks; network motifs; 64.60.aq; 89.75.Fb (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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