Tag: stylometry

  • Nation & World

    Breaking down ‘Beowulf’

    Using a statistical approach known as stylometry, which analyzes everything from the poem’s meter to the number of times different combinations of letters show up in the text, a team of researchers found new evidence that “Beowulf” is the work of a single author.

    8 minutes
    Madison Krieger.
  • Nation & World

    You say John, I say Paul. But what does stylometry say?

    Who wrote “In My Life,” John or Paul? Harvard statistician Mark Glickman helps provide research-backed answer on authorship of Beatles classic.

    3 minutes
    John Lennon and Paul McCartney.