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Analysis for Destroyed by Jayne Sterne

Lexical analysis

Number of words (tokens): 1036
Number of distinct words (types): 353
Average number of words per sentence: 12.63
Average number of words per paragraph: 345.33
Lexical Density: 0.34
Longest Word: 'pitch-black,' (12)
Shortest Word: 'old' (3)
Ten Most Frequent Words:
like 8
things 8
asleep 7
will 6
don’t 6
sleep 6
little 5
happen 5
find 5
knows 5

Textual analysis

Number of paragraphs: 3
Average number of sentences per paragraph:: 27.33
Longest Sentence: 'but memories don’t work like that, and no matter how much i bang on that window, the little girl remains deaf to it, and i am forced to witness every detail of my childhood as a helpless observer.' (38 words)
Shortest Sentence: 'someone else.' (2 words)
Readability according to Gunning-Fog Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 6.98
Readability according to Automated Readability Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 -2.77
Readability according to Coleman-Liau Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 -0.37
Average readability
(the higher, the harder to read):		 1.28

Phrasal analysis

Ten most frequent two-word phrases:
little girl 3
like looking 2
don’t like 2
don’t understand 2
see right 1
will satisfy 1
confused thoughts 1
isn’t right 1
strange house 1
something else 1
Ten most frequent three-word phrases:
awake ever since 1
long way away 1
eight years old 1
another step towards 1
long time ago 1
two days’ time 1
door silently behind 1
memories don’t work 1
confused thoughts going 1
girl remains deaf 1
Ten most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words
i am 14
that i 6
and i 6
he knows 5
in a 5
i don’t 5
i have 4
in my 4
have been 4
to be 4
Ten most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words:
the little girl 3
that i am 3
i find myself 3
i have been 3
in her innocence 3
i would have 2
and i am 2
the life i 2
in a strange 2
in my head 2
Most frequent two-word phrases:
little girl 3
don’t like 2
don’t understand 2
like looking 2
Most frequent five-word phrases:
when the grown-ups are around 2
Most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words:
i am 14
that i 6
and i 6
i don’t 5
he knows 5
in a 5
i have 4
of the 4
things that 4
i find 4
to be 4
have been 4
i would 4
in my 4
find myself 3
her innocence 3
in the 3
the little 3
the grown-ups 3
but i 3
i know 3
in her 3
when i 3
the things 3
what child 3
and the 3
little girl 3
forced to 2
if i 2
the way 2
a strange 2
grown-ups are 2
the door 2
it is 2
at me 2
from the 2
looking at 2
a few 2
with excitement 2
it all 2
never have 2
life i 2
to happen 2
and so 2
are asleep 2
i could 2
of my 2
the life 2
of all 2
like looking 2
no matter 2
on my 2
will be 2
a long 2
like the 2
a different 2
my life 2
matter how 2
there is 2
my head 2
am forced 2
seem to 2
the darkness 2
that window 2
but when 2
knows the 2
me in 2
i can’t 2
all the 2
how much 2
are around 2
would have 2
would never 2
i sleep 2
he is 2
talks to 2
that are 2
don’t like 2
don’t understand 2
been thinking 2
mum and 2
when the 2
my mum 2
about to 2
room in 2
in his 2
way he 2
as i 2
understand why 2
for me 2
Most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words:
that i am 3
i find myself 3
i have been 3
the little girl 3
in her innocence 3
have been thinking 2
the life i 2
in a strange 2
no matter how 2
matter how much 2
when the grown-ups 2
the way he 2
i am forced 2
as i sleep 2
i would never 2
he knows the 2
am forced to 2
and i am 2
in my head 2
the things that 2
i don’t understand 2
i don’t like 2
i would have 2
grown-ups are around 2
the grown-ups are 2
would never have 2
Most frequent four-word phrases, including stop words:
no matter how much 2
i would never have 2
the grown-ups are around 2
when the grown-ups are 2
i am forced to 2
i have been thinking 2