Analysis for "Silent Desperation" Excerpt from "Where Do the Children Go?"

Lexical analysis

Number of words (tokens): 1451
Number of distinct words (types): 563
Average number of words per sentence: 21.34
Average number of words per paragraph: 483.67
Lexical Density: 0.39
Longest Word: 'rollercoaster.' (14)
Shortest Word: 'man' (3)
Ten Most Frequent Words:
just 9
always 8
one 7
gun 6
grandfather 6
now 5
mind 5
two 5
jacob 5
man 4

Textual analysis

Number of paragraphs: 3
Average number of sentences per paragraph:: 22.67
Longest Sentence: 'the two man crew that usually mans that particular gun wasn’t there yet and by the way the japs had caught us off guard, and had us pinned down; i doubt they’d a made it to their stations so i figured to duck down in the protection of the steel enclos' (51 words)
Shortest Sentence: 'didn’t touch him!' (3 words)
Readability according to Gunning-Fog Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 10.93
Readability according to Automated Readability Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 3.23
Readability according to Coleman-Liau Index
(the higher, the harder to read):		 1.69
Average readability
(the higher, the harder to read):		 5.28

Phrasal analysis

Ten most frequent two-word phrases:
good thing 2
grandpa knightly 2
young man 2
now though 2
jake recalled 2
don’t give 2
yellow bastards 2
damn good 2
times wishing 1
thirty-three years 1
Ten most frequent three-word phrases:
damn good thing 2
early winter just 1
fine grained stock 1
don’t give up; 1
aged thirty-three years 1
devil spiraled right 1
ship; hell boy 1
days long spent 1
often times wishing 1
give up; ever” 1
Ten most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words
of the 13
he had 11
as he 6
had been 6
in his 5
in the 5
one of 4
on the 4
from the 4
and his 4
Ten most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words:
he had been 4
one of the 3
grandfather had always 2
to do so 2
to light up 2
how his grandfather 2
had been on 2
damn good thing 2
that were not 2
days of the 2
Most frequent two-word phrases:
good thing 2
grandpa knightly 2
young man 2
now though 2
jake recalled 2
don’t give 2
yellow bastards 2
damn good 2
Most frequent three-word phrases:
damn good thing 2
Most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words:
of the 13
he had 11
had been 6
as he 6
in his 5
in the 5
one of 4
on the 4
from the 4
out of 4
and his 4
it was 3
for the 3
as the 3
into the 3
of his 3
and the 3
was a 3
in a 3
that were 3
i figured 3
a few 3
his grandfather 3
had always 3
that he 3
he thought 3
his mind 3
over the 3
he was 3
to be 3
by the 2
of that 2
he were 2
at ease 2
from his 2
been on 2
and all 2
while grandfather 2
him as 2
and he 2
the gun 2
down in 2
do so 2
up the 2
as a 2
he sat 2
good thing 2
grandpa knightly 2
he did 2
and had 2
it seemed 2
came to 2
to light 2
the two 2
now though 2
to the 2
the old 2
damn good 2
the only 2
light up 2
to do 2
young man 2
his age 2
they were 2
so much 2
it to 2
jake recalled 2
what life 2
don’t give 2
it weren’t 2
days of 2
yellow bastards 2
might be 2
his father 2
how his 2
were at 2
around me 2
were not 2
grandfather had 2
the house 2
the ocean 2
his chin 2
once again 2
been a 2
to his 2
Most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words:
he had been 4
one of the 3
grandfather had always 2
to do so 2
to light up 2
how his grandfather 2
had been on 2
damn good thing 2
as he sat 2
that were not 2
days of the 2
Most frequent four-word phrases, including stop words:
he had been on 2