The Dunciad Variorum — Pope, Alexander

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Word Frequency & Concordance

The 200 most commonly-used words in the text, not counting common stop-words.

Position Word Count
1 author 143
2 great 120
3 remarks 118
4 poem 73
5 authors 72
6 Dennis 70
7= printed 68
7= book 68
9 verse 67
10 Imitations 61
11 man 60
12 poet 57
13= Curl 56
13= DUNCIAD 56
13= works 56
13= good 56
17 time 51
18 Virg 50
19 years 49
20 Pope 48
21 tho’ 47
22 dulness 46
23 Aen 45
24= Homer 43
24= poets 43
26= persons 40
26= writ 40
28= manner 39
28= books 39
30 thro’ 38
31= call’d 36
31= person 36
31= reader 36
31= verses 36
35 men 35
36= place 34
36= life 34
36= long 34
39= word 33
39= world 33
41= nothing 32
41= till 32
41= true 32
41= written 32
45= part 31
45= Virgil 31
45= character 31
45= letter 31
45= o’er 31
50= head 30
50= opinion 30
52 end 29
53= give 28
53= SCRIBLERUS 28
53= Theobald 28
56= publick 27
56= day 27
56= friend 27
56= letters 27
56= read 27
61= Addison 26
61= Swift 26
61= age 26
61= words 26
61= writer 26
66= dull 25
66= gentleman 25
66= truth 25
66= wit 25
66= learned 25
66= son 25
66= vers 25
66= work 25
66= poetry 25
75= year 24
75= pag 24
75= things 24
78= Goddess 23
78= thought 23
78= John 23
78= Tibbald 23
78= writers 23
78= writings 23
84= Shakespear 22
84= lord 22
84= eyes 22
84= nature 22
84= notes 22
84= fire 22
84= preface 22
91= present 21
91= bad 21
91= pieces 21
91= poor 21
91= genius 21
91= line 21
91= lines 21
91= rest 21
91= high 21
100= Pope’s 20
100= criticks 20
100= english 20
100= noble 20
100= poverty 20
100= round 20
100= saith 20
100= sense 20
100= th’ 20
100= plays 20
110= Journal 19
110= King 19
110= Moore 19
110= praise 19
110= Dryden 19
110= Settle 19
110= reason 19
110= satire 19
118= hands 18
118= mind 18
118= set 18
118= names 18
118= state 18
118= weekly 18
118= call 18
118= judgment 18
118= lay 18
118= papers 18
118= translation 18
118= Welsted 18
118= face 18
131= Iliad 17
131= found 17
131= hundred 17
131= price 17
131= thing 17
131= writing 17
131= Concanen 17
131= abused 17
131= gave 17
131= modern 17
131= piece 17
131= poems 17
131= sons 17
131= subject 17
131= Oldmixon 17
131= fair 17
147= Epic 16
147= Jacob 16
147= Smedley 16
147= hand 16
147= kind 16
147= language 16
147= times 16
147= ancient 16
147= law 16
147= booksellers 16
147= editions 16
147= full 16
147= greater 16
147= lo 16
147= grave 16
147= seat 16
147= publisher 16
164= June 15
164= Ward 15
164= find 15
164= honest 15
164= late 15
164= mention 15
164= author’s 15
164= behold 15
164= edition 15
164= empire 15
164= quam 15
164= surely 15
164= daily 15
164= days 15
164= famous 15
164= love 15
164= numbers 15
164= play 15
164= stage 15
164= stood 15
164= de 15
164= God 15
164= youth 15
187= eminent 14
187= left 14
187= lost 14
187= proper 14
187= publish’d 14
187= sort 14
187= translated 14
187= wrote 14
187= Gildon 14
187= account 14
187= air 14
187= body 14
187= called 14
187= excellent 14
187= fame 14
187= friends 14
187= heav’n 14
187= honour 14
187= majesty 14
187= paper 14
187= strong 14
187= vol 14
187= town 14