Listening
to the Spider: reading Hesiod’s Works and Days
Table
3.
Frequencies of
syllable sequence types and comparison with Homer. Poem minus vv. 342-82,
696-759
|
Sequence type |
Number |
% of
total |
% for Homer |
Expected from Homer |
High or Low |
÷2 |
÷2 probability |
Difference significant? |
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|
ddddd |
106 |
14.7 |
18.9 |
135.9 |
L |
7.84 |
0.5 |
definitely |
|
sdddd |
81 |
11.3 |
13.2 |
94.9 |
L |
2.18 |
14 |
no |
|
dsddd |
124 |
17.2 |
14.8 |
106.4 |
H |
3.22 |
7.3 |
possibly |
|
ddsdd |
24 |
3.3 |
4.2 |
30.2 |
L |
1.12 |
29 |
no |
|
dddsd |
49 |
6.8 |
8.5 |
61.1 |
L |
2.41 |
12 |
no |
|
dddds |
9 |
1.3 |
1.02 |
7.3 |
H |
0.19 |
66 |
no |
|
ssddd |
75 |
10.4 |
8.1 |
58.2 |
H |
4.94 |
2.6 |
probably |
|
sdsdd |
23 |
3.2 |
2.8 |
20.1 |
H |
0.29 |
59 |
no |
|
sddsd |
34 |
4.7 |
6.2 |
44.6 |
L |
2.42 |
12 |
no |
|
sddds |
5 |
0.7 |
0.92 |
6.6 |
L |
0.19 |
66 |
no |
|
dssdd |
33 |
4.6 |
3.3 |
23.7 |
H |
3.35 |
6.7 |
possibly |
|
dsdsd |
43 |
6 |
6.4 |
46 |
L |
0.15 |
70 |
no |
|
dsdds |
7 |
1 |
0.79 |
5.7 |
H |
0.12 |
73 |
no |
|
ddssd |
14 |
1.9 |
1.34 |
9.6 |
H |
1.57 |
23 |
no |
|
ddsds |
5 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
1.4 |
H |
6.53 |
1.1 |
? (small sample) |
|
dddss |
2 |
0.3 |
0.39 |
2.8 |
same |
|
|
no |
|
sssdd |
14 |
1.9 |
1.33 |
9.6 |
H |
1.64 |
20 |
no |
|
ssdsd |
29 |
4 |
3.8 |
27.3 |
H |
0.05 |
82 |
no |
|
ssdds |
3 |
0.4 |
0.47 |
3.4 |
same |
|
|
no |
|
sdssd |
11 |
1.5 |
0.76 |
5.5 |
H |
4.68 |
3.1 |
probably |
|
sdsds |
1 |
0.1 |
0.12 |
0.9 |
same |
|
|
no |
|
sddss |
1 |
0.1 |
0.24 |
1.7 |
same |
|
|
no |
|
dsssd |
11 |
1.5 |
0.83 |
6 |
H |
3.47 |
6.3 |
possibly |
|
dssds |
4 |
0.6 |
0.22 |
1.6 |
H |
2.33 |
13 |
no |
|
dsdss |
1 |
0.1 |
0.29 |
2.1 |
L |
0.16 |
69 |
no |
|
ddsss |
1 |
0.1 |
0.05 |
0.4 |
same |
|
|
no |
|
ssssd |
5 |
0.7 |
0.33 |
2.4 |
H |
1.91 |
17 |
no |
|
sssds |
2 |
0.3 |
0.05 |
0.4 |
H |
3.62 |
5.7 |
? (small sample) |
|
ssdss |
2 |
0.3 |
0.12 |
0.9 |
H |
0.47 |
49 |
no |
|
sdsss |
0 |
0 |
0.02 |
0.1 |
same |
|
|
no |
|
dssss |
0 |
0 |
0.03 |
0.2 |
same |
|
|
no |
|
sssss |
0 |
0 |
0.02 |
0.1 |
same |
|
|
no |
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Total
719
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