Analysis for Going Nowhere

Lexical analysis

Number of words (tokens): 1529
Number of distinct words (types): 534
Average number of words per sentence: 7.92
Average number of words per paragraph: 12.96
Lexical Density: 0.35
Longest Word: 'transcendence,' (14)
Shortest Word: 'i’d' (3)
Ten Most Frequent Words:
said 18
eyes 11
know 11
marlon” 10
asked 8
told 8
something 7
back 7
think 6
want 6

Textual analysis

Number of paragraphs: 118
Average number of sentences per paragraph:: 1.64
Longest Sentence: 'i might have gone on drifting forever, existing in a state of eternal thought, or what i think was thought, i’m still not sure, if i didn’t hear a sudden voice of reason acknowledge my presence and bring me into a sort of pristine stage light.' (46 words)
Shortest Sentence: 'no harps.' (2 words)
Readability according to Gunning-Fog Index
(the higher, the harder to read):
5.21
Readability according to Automated Readability Index
(the higher, the harder to read):
-3.76
Readability according to Coleman-Liau Index
(the higher, the harder to read):
1.34
Average readability
(the higher, the harder to read):
0.93

Phrasal analysis

Ten most frequent two-word phrases:
blue sky 3
don’t understand” 2
“you know 2
i’m sure 2
always pictured 2
something else 2
came back 2
total darkness 2
sweet-stale nicotine 1
drifting forever 1
Ten most frequent three-word phrases:
sarah’s banana nut-bread 1
didn’t last long 1
stay…” “of coarse 1
feel like sand 1
getting used to…” 1
nicotine scent right 1
can still see 1
never actually heard 1
pristine stage light 1
didn’t feel like 1
Ten most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words
i was 13
it was 9
i said 9
my eyes 7
there was 6
in the 6
where she 5
and i 5
closed my 4
i asked 4
Ten most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words:
closed my eyes 4
i told him 4
and i was 3
where she is 3
i closed my 3
he asked me 3
know where she 3
i was in 3
it was something 2
my eyes i 2
Most frequent two-word phrases:
blue sky 3
don’t understand” 2
“you know 2
i’m sure 2
always pictured 2
something else 2
came back 2
total darkness 2
Most frequent five-word phrases:
i was in the void 2
“you know where she is 2
Most frequent two-word phrases, including stop words:
i was 13
i said 9
it was 9
my eyes 7
in the 6
there was 6
and i 5
where she 5
i asked 4
closed my 4
but there 4
told me 4
was something 4
i told 4
he asked 4
he said 4
want to 4
told him 4
the light 4
to know 3
you want 3
i knew 3
blue sky 3
into a 3
i could 3
the void 3
do you 3
she said 3
am i 3
“i don’t 3
to be 3
i always 3
in a 3
was in 3
me in 3
she was 3
“is that 3
was no 3
i think 3
but it 3
asked me 3
she is 3
i didn’t 3
know where 3
the clouds 3
i wasn’t 3
i closed 3
should be 3
with my 2
at the 2
he told 2
something else 2
it is 2
don’t understand” 2
a dream 2
of it 2
be angry” 2
from the 2
would i 2
total darkness 2
is it” 2
and there 2
we were 2
the way 2
asked her 2
than a 2
at least 2
i should 2
beside me 2
imagined the 2
no smoke 2
sky and 2
on a 2
what i 2
and he 2
sure of 2
i never 2
but i 2
it didn’t 2
i not 2
exactly where 2
around the 2
at me 2
when i 2
i imagined 2
at all 2
was all 2
i opened 2
that it 2
i’m not 2
on the 2
that’s not 2
around us 2
“i can 2
of my 2
tell me 2
i saw 2
did not 2
now it 2
the darkness 2
came back 2
in your 2
you know 2
of a 2
not sure 2
clouds and 2
he was 2
i want 2
all a 2
there i 2
a cloud 2
me something 2
sort of 2
back to 2
eyes i 2
“you know 2
and the 2
“i should 2
you can 2
calling me 2
always pictured 2
“i know 2
i’m sure 2
Most frequent three-word phrases, including stop words:
closed my eyes 4
i told him 4
where she is 3
i closed my 3
and i was 3
he asked me 3
know where she 3
i was in 3
want to know 2
there i was 2
he told me 2
i asked her 2
the clouds and 2
you want to 2
am i not 2
it was all 2
it was something 2
my eyes i 2
was in the 2
when i opened 2
there was something 2
there was no 2
and there i 2
“you know where 2
in the void 2
but it didn’t 2
“i should be 2
with my eyes 2
i imagined the 2
i always pictured 2
blue sky and 2
should be angry” 2
Most frequent four-word phrases, including stop words:
i closed my eyes 3
i was in the 2
know where she is 2
was in the void 2
“you know where she 2
and there i was 2