Analysis for Pieces of Glass

Lexical analysis

Number of words (tokens): 957
Number of distinct words (types): 340
Average number of words per sentence: 9.77
Average number of words per paragraph: 136.71
Lexical Density: 0.36
Longest Word: 'something…more…vibrant.”' (24)
Shortest Word: 'mom' (3)
Ten Most Frequent Words:
says 8
like 7
i’m 7
don’t 7
want 7
piece 7
leave 6
just 5
say 5
ask 5

Textual analysis

Number of paragraphs: 7
Average number of sentences per paragraph:: 14.0
Longest Sentence: 'in the shops i used to visit as a child, in the diner i always used to eat at, in the yard of my grandmother’s old house, under the bridge where i used to throw rocks into the river.' (39 words)
Shortest Sentence: 'i ask.' (2 words)
Readability according to Gunning-Fog Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 4.62
Readability according to Automated Readability Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 -4.11
Readability according to Coleman-Liau Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 -0.25
Average readability
(the higher, the harder to read):		 0.09

Phrasal analysis

Ten most frequent two-word phrases:
don’t want 2
doesn’t call 2
grandmother’s old 2
little piece 2
whole week 2
old house 2
new one 1
tits bigger” 1
andrew; he’s 1
short sleeves 1
Ten most frequent three-word phrases:
grandmother’s old house 2
every little piece 1
places like this” 1
it’s just sticking 1
town one afternoon 1
now i’m crying 1
just come get 1
there’s nothing inside 1
broken body parts 1
i’m still crying 1
Ten most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words
into the 7
he says 6
of me 6
piece of 6
i ask 5
and i 5
in the 5
my bed 4
i say 4
used to 4
Ten most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words:
i want him 3
want him to 3
piece of me 3
of my grandmother’s 2
the yard of 2
isn’t there any 2
i used to 2
he asks me 2
grandmother’s old house 2
piece of glass 2
Most frequent two-word phrases:
don’t want 2
doesn’t call 2
grandmother’s old 2
little piece 2
whole week 2
old house 2
Most frequent three-word phrases:
grandmother’s old house 2
Most frequent five-word phrases:
yard of my grandmother’s old 2
of my grandmother’s old house 2
the yard of my grandmother’s 2
Most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words:
into the 7
of me 6
piece of 6
he says 6
and i 5
in the 5
i ask 5
used to 4
my bed 4
i want 4
i say 4
he asks 4
my chest 4
down on 3
i don’t 3
want him 3
on my 3
me to 3
of my 3
up and 3
a little 3
all the 3
all over 3
him to 3
to the 3
chest and 2
the tears 2
i used 2
my heel 2
my grandmother’s 2
i walk 2
“i don’t 2
down and 2
the way 2
remember me 2
you just 2
a piece 2
of glass 2
a whole 2
the yard 2
to come 2
for a 2
the piece 2
whole week 2
and he 2
at him 2
i’m a 2
the diner 2
doesn’t call 2
grandmother’s old 2
to remember 2
when i 2
and leave 2
with my 2
in me” 2
down to 2
isn’t there 2
my head 2
the driveway 2
it out 2
i throw 2
get it 2
while he 2
me in 2
down into 2
he looks 2
andrew and 2
the shops 2
i run 2
don’t want 2
yard of 2
leave a 2
asks me 2
i take 2
onto my 2
a good 2
says it 2
i do 2
leave it 2
the duck 2
want to 2
up a 2
out the 2
as a 2
i look 2
there any 2
in my 2
little piece 2
old house 2
Most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words:
i want him 3
piece of me 3
want him to 3
of my grandmother’s 2
the yard of 2
my grandmother’s old 2
of me in 2
i used to 2
yard of my 2
andrew and i 2
piece of glass 2
my chest and 2
he asks me 2
in the driveway 2
the piece of 2
isn’t there any 2
on my bed 2
all the way 2
grandmother’s old house 2
down to the 2
little piece of 2
for a whole 2
down into the 2
a whole week 2
Most frequent four-word phrases, including stop words:
i want him to 3
my grandmother’s old house 2
of my grandmother’s old 2
yard of my grandmother’s 2
little piece of me 2
the yard of my 2
for a whole week 2