@inbook{c275706781ba44bba6bd008b43cef547,
title = "Using corpus linguistics to explore the language of poetry: a stylometric approach to Yeats{\textquoteright} poems",
abstract = "This chapter demonstrates the value of combining corpus stylistic techniques with stylometric methods of analysis in order to generate stylistic insights into the language of poetry. In particular, we analyse a specially constructed corpus of William Butler Yeats{\textquoteright} poetry containing 307 of his published poems to determine whether there is textual evidence of a change in Yeats{\textquoteright} style over time. Using cluster analysis, principal components analysis and keyword analysis, we are able to provide support for some literary critical claims as to the distinct periods of Yeats{\textquoteright} writing career, as well as linguistic insight into what made these periods distinctive. The chapter provides an explanation of each method of analysis employed, making it a practical guide for newcomers to multivariate analysis and corpus stylistics.",
keywords = "Corpus linguistics, Yeat's poems, Stylometric approach",
author = "Dan McIntyre and Brian Walker",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 selection and editorial matter, Anne O{\textquoteright}Keeffe and Michael J. McCarthy; individual chapters, the contributors.",
year = "2022",
month = feb,
day = "9",
doi = "10.4324/9780367076399-35",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780367076382",
series = "Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics",
publisher = "Routledge",
pages = "499--516",
editor = "Anne O'Keeffe and McCarthy, {Michael J.}",
booktitle = "The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics",
address = "United Kingdom",
edition = "2nd",
}