Emotional Level of Zep Lyrics

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Hey,

	I have begun a possible thesis idea involving the analyse of 
Zep's lyrics.  It involves using an "Emotional Dictionary" where words 
were played in categories and levels (with a range of 1-7, mean of 4, 
and a standard deviation of 1).  I used ALL of the Zeppelin lyrics found 
and compared them to other sources so the error level should be small.
Here is some early results:

Pleasantness Rating:
	- Overall:  4.57 (Standard Deviation of .23)
	- Highest:  Whole Lotta Love (5.27)
	- Lowest:  NO Quarter (3.90)

Activity Rating (ie:  Pep or Arousal)
	- Overall:  4.01 (SD of .21)
	- Highest:  D'yer Mak'er (4.41) and We're Gonna Groove (4.45)
	- Lowest:  In the Light (3.54)

Imagery (Mean for most texts is 1.32)
	- Overall:  1.95 (My professor said that Zeppelin had the 
	highest amount of imagery she has seen; and she has done MANY
	different texts)
	- Highest:  You Shook Me (3.43)
	- Lowest:  Nobody's Fault But Mine (0.84)

Word Length (Normal human speech has a avg. word length of about 5)
	- Overall:  3.80 (.52) [higher then the Beatles]
	- Highest:  Carouselambra (4.23), Friends (4.21), 
		    Tangerine (4.21), and TSRTS (4.18)
	- Lowest:  D'yer Mak'er (2.91)

So one of the "Active" Zep songs also has the lowest avg. words length.

If anyone if interested in a particular songs rating...email me...

More to come...

dn

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