Syllables at the end of a line in VMS

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In the VMS the lines very often end so nicely that one could assume that the last words of a line could be "filler words". If this is so, the last words thus only consist of "character salad", then this could have an effect on whether syllables occur in it and, if so, whether this occurrence deviates in the frequency from other comparison texts. Therefore I counted the syllables in the last word of each line and put them in relation to the total number of lines. The value in the (latin mapped ) VMS deviates very clearly from the Italian divina commedia and the Latin Bible. I would have liked to take the Ackermann (ger) in addition, but unfortunately the text is available to me only reformatted. I would be grateful for links to other, useful comparison texts.


Here are the results in detail:

Dante Alighieri: La divina commedia (ita)
Total letters and spaces: 530871
Total syllables: 161284
Syllable percentage: 30.381015350%
Average syllables per word: 1.651214218
Total syllables in last words of lines: 34805

Average syllables per line ( last words ): 2.427296185


Part of the Bible: Latin Vulgate (lat)
Total letters and spaces: 1252196
Total syllables: 397977
Syllable percentage: 31.782324812%
Average syllables per word: 2.095453971
Total syllables in last words of lines: 24565

Average syllables per line ( last words ): 2.174086202


Voynich Manuscript: (alphabet mapped to latin)
Total letters and spaces: 234658
Total syllables: 55220
Syllable percentage: 23.532119084%
Average syllables per word: 1.457530486
Total syllables in last words of lines: 7528

Average syllables per line ( last words ): 1.442974890

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