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266 files (5.6 MB) from the working folder behind this case. 2758 files (12.4 MB) are not included here; they are listed at the end. The README in the folder explains the layout and how to re-run the code.

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README.md13 KB
report.html213 KB

code/

code/analysis.py21 KB
code/calibrated_margins.py4 KB
code/confound_sim.py4 KB
code/figures.py7 KB
code/meter.py3 KB
code/metre_shift_phone.py2 KB
code/phon.py6 KB
code/replicate.py7 KB
code/run_replicate.py5 KB
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corpus/

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data/

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docs/

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docs/scholarship.md95 KB
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docs/sources/1829-1844_pre-1844-attributions-to-moore_via-melvilliana.txt18 KB
docs/sources/1834-12-31_francis-p-lee-diary_via-melvilliana.txt16 KB
docs/sources/1836-12-28_holley_ontario-repository_via-melvilliana.txt10 KB
docs/sources/1837_new-york-book-of-poetry_hoffman_pp217-219.txt6 KB
docs/sources/1838-01-03_danbury-times_curtis-claim_via-norsworthy-2026.txt33 KB
docs/sources/1844-02-26_norman-tuttle-to-moore_mcny-54-331-17b.txt7 KB
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docs/sources/1844_moore-poems_bartlett-welford_preface-and-pp124-127.txt9 KB
docs/sources/1851-12-15_henry-livingston-thomas-to-abraham-lansing_nypl.txt7 KB
docs/sources/1856-03-24_moore-note_and_chilton-ms_via-melvilliana.txt12 KB
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docs/sources/1862_t-w-c-moore_livingston-cousin_via-melvilliana.txt12 KB
docs/sources/1879-03-04_eliza-livingston-thompson-lansing-to-anne-livingston-goodrich.txt3 KB
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docs/sources/1897_pelletreau_visit-of-saint-nicholas_facsimile-and-life.txt21 KB
docs/sources/1900-01-03_cornelia-griswold-goodrich-to-henry-livingston-of-babylon.txt5 KB
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figures/

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corpus/control/: the 32-poet control corpus, the verse of other poets of the period used to test the methods (2,757 files, the 2,756 poems and their manifest, 14 MB), which is too large to include.