The book presents methods for the objective analysis of poetic language. Common objects of
literary studies such as rhythm semantic explications interpretation and personal impressions
are avoided. Only those properties of poetic texts are taken into account that could be
quantified. The major chapters contain the analysis of phonic phenomena (frequency euphony
assonance alliteration aggregation rhyme) word properties (aspects of frequency length
richness word classes sequences of word properties characterisations). The synergetic
control cycle is the result of the study of mutual links between properties. For all methods
both statistical tests (evaluation comparison) theoretical derivations (models) and examples
are presented. The book is dedicated to the work of the famous Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu
whose complete work was analysed which made detailed illustrations of the method possible. The
methods can be used mutatis mutandis for any language and text. It is the first comprehensive
quantitative analysis of a poetic work.
