Dichtenwert
Dichtenwert is a term used in some strands of literary analysis to denote a quantitative measure of diction or poetic density in a text. It is not a widely standardized or universally adopted concept in traditional philology, but rather a provisional metric that has appeared in discussions within digital humanities and stylometry. The idea behind the Dichtenwert is to capture how densely a text packs imagery, figurative language, and densely layered meaning into its words and lines.
Calculating a Dichtenwert typically involves combining multiple indicators of density. Common components include lexical density (the
Applications of the Dichtenwert are mainly in comparative stylometry and digital literary studies. Researchers may use
Limitations include the subjective nature of what counts as imagery or figurative language, language-specific challenges in