About

  • Title: The Call of the Wild
  • Author(s): Jack London
  • Genre: Adventure Fiction
  • Language: en
  • Size: 5090 words
84
Good stylistic quality. The text is generally expressive, though there is potential for further refinement. High level of lexical diversity. Good level of structural diversity. Different sentence types are used, making the text dynamic. Dialogue and narration are well-balanced, making the text dynamic and expressive. Perfectly crafted dialogue: natural, lively, and dynamic. The text contains a harmonious combination of simple and complex sentences. The text is entirely free of redundant elements, with each sentence carrying meaningful content. The text’s tonality is well-balanced, combining expressiveness with neutral elements. Perfect rhythm, supporting a smooth and natural narrative flow. Text demonstrates excellent readability and exemplary rhythm. The text follows genre norms, incorporating key stylistic and thematic elements.

Basic scores

  • Stylistic Devices
    74
  • Lexical Diversity
    81
  • Structural Diversity
    77
  • Dialogues Quality
    100
  • Sentences Complexity
    90
  • Text Tonality
    79
  • Redundant content
    97
  • Rhythm and Tempo
    100
  • Readability
    96
  • Genre Conformity
    83

Full text analysis

11.27%

Cliche

Clichés appear rarely.

Examples
There were great stables, where a dozen grooms and boys held forth, rows of vine_clad servants' cottages, an endless and orderly array of outhouses, long grape arbors, green pastures, orchards, and berry patches.
On the other hand, there were the fox terriers, a score of them at least, who yelped fearful promises at Toots and Ysabel looking out of the windows at them and protected by a legion of housemaids armed with brooms and mops.
He plunged into the swimming tank or went hunting with the Judge's sons; he escorted Mollie and Alice, the Judge's daughters, on long twilight or early morning rambles; on wintry nights he lay at the Judge's feet before the roaring library fire; he carried the Judge's grandsons on his back, or rolled them in the grass, and guarded their footsteps through wild adventures down to the fountain in the stable yard, and even beyond, where the paddocks were, and the berry patches.
For two days and nights this express car was dragged along at the tail of shrieking locomotives; and for two days and nights Buck neither ate nor drank.
For two days and nights this express car was dragged along at the tail of shrieking locomotives; and for two days and nights Buck neither ate nor drank.
That had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them.
For two days and nights he neither ate nor drank, and during those two days and nights of torment, he accumulated a fund of wrath that boded ill for whoever first fell foul of him.
For two days and nights he neither ate nor drank, and during those two days and nights of torment, he accumulated a fund of wrath that boded ill for whoever first fell foul of him.
Buck rushed at the splintering wood, sinking his teeth into it, surging and wrestling with it.
Wherever the hatchet fell on the outside, he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out.
Wherever the hatchet fell on the outside, he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out.
Straight at the man he launched his one hundred and forty pounds of fury, surcharged with the pent passion of two days and nights.
Then the man advanced and deliberately dealt him a frightful blow on the nose.
one of the men on the wall cried enthusiastically. was the reply of the driver, as he climbed on the wagon and started the horses.
He lay where he had fallen, and from there he watched the man in the red sweater.
He had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it.
The facts of life took on a fiercer aspect; and while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature aroused.
As the days went by, other dogs came, in crates and at the ends of ropes, some docilely, and some raging and roaring as he had come; and, one and all, he watched them pass under the dominion of the man in the red sweater.
Now and again men came, strangers, who talked excitedly, wheedlingly, and in all kinds of fashions to the man in the red sweater.
he cried, when his eyes lit upon Buck. was the prompt reply of the man in the red sweater.
That was the last he saw of the man in the red sweater, and as Curly and he looked at receding Seattle from the deck of the Narwhal, it was the last he saw of the warm Southland.
Day and night the ship throbbed to the tireless pulse of the propeller, and though one day was very like another, it was apparent to Buck that the weather was steadily growing colder.
Francois leashed them and brought them on deck.
All was confusion and action, and every moment life and limb were in peril.
So sudden was it, and so unexpected, that Buck was taken aback.
He saw Spitz run out his scarlet tongue in a way he had of laughing; and he saw Francois, swinging an axe, spring into the mess of dogs.

26.96%

Idioms

The text is almost completely free of idioms.

Examples
Because men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland.
Then there was the pumping plant for the artesian well, and the big cement tank where Judge Miller's boys took their morning plunge and kept cool in the hot afternoon.
Then there was the pumping plant for the artesian well, and the big cement tank where Judge Miller's boys took their morning plunge and kept cool in the hot afternoon.
They came and went, resided in the populous kennels, or lived obscurely in the recesses of the house after the fashion of Toots, the Japanese pug, or Ysabel, the Mexican hairless,—strange creatures that rarely put nose out of doors or set foot to ground.
They came and went, resided in the populous kennels, or lived obscurely in the recesses of the house after the fashion of Toots, the Japanese pug, or Ysabel, the Mexican hairless,—strange creatures that rarely put nose out of doors or set foot to ground.
They came and went, resided in the populous kennels, or lived obscurely in the recesses of the house after the fashion of Toots, the Japanese pug, or Ysabel, the Mexican hairless,—strange creatures that rarely put nose out of doors or set foot to ground.
On the other hand, there were the fox terriers, a score of them at least, who yelped fearful promises at Toots and Ysabel looking out of the windows at them and protected by a legion of housemaids armed with brooms and mops.
On the other hand, there were the fox terriers, a score of them at least, who yelped fearful promises at Toots and Ysabel looking out of the windows at them and protected by a legion of housemaids armed with brooms and mops.
On the other hand, there were the fox terriers, a score of them at least, who yelped fearful promises at Toots and Ysabel looking out of the windows at them and protected by a legion of housemaids armed with brooms and mops.
He plunged into the swimming tank or went hunting with the Judge's sons; he escorted Mollie and Alice, the Judge's daughters, on long twilight or early morning rambles; on wintry nights he lay at the Judge's feet before the roaring library fire; he carried the Judge's grandsons on his back, or rolled them in the grass, and guarded their footsteps through wild adventures down to the fountain in the stable yard, and even beyond, where the paddocks were, and the berry patches.
He plunged into the swimming tank or went hunting with the Judge's sons; he escorted Mollie and Alice, the Judge's daughters, on long twilight or early morning rambles; on wintry nights he lay at the Judge's feet before the roaring library fire; he carried the Judge's grandsons on his back, or rolled them in the grass, and guarded their footsteps through wild adventures down to the fountain in the stable yard, and even beyond, where the paddocks were, and the berry patches.
His father, Elmo, a huge St. Bernard, had been the Judge's inseparable companion, and Buck bid fair to follow in the way of his father.
He was not so large,—he weighed only one hundred and forty pounds,—for his mother, Shep, had been a Scotch shepherd dog. Nevertheless, one hundred and forty pounds, to which was added the dignity that comes of good living and universal respect, enabled him to carry himself in right royal fashion.
Hunting and kindred outdoor delights had kept down the fat and hardened his muscles; and to him, as to the cold_tubbing races, the love of water had been a tonic and a health preserver.
And with the exception of a solitary man, no one saw them arrive at the little flag station known as College Park.
To be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own.
But when the ends of the rope were placed in the stranger's hands, he growled menacingly.
He had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command.
But to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath.
But to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath.
In quick rage he sprang at the man, who met him halfway, grappled him close by the throat, and with a deft twist threw him over on his back.
He opened his eyes, and into them came the unbridled anger of a kidnapped king.
His jaws closed on the hand, nor did they relax till his senses were choked out of him once more.
His jaws closed on the hand, nor did they relax till his senses were choked out of him once more.
But he was thrown down and choked repeatedly, till they succeeded in filing the heavy brass collar from off his neck.
But he was thrown down and choked repeatedly, till they succeeded in filing the heavy brass collar from off his neck.
There he lay for the remainder of the weary night, nursing his wrath and wounded pride.
Why were they keeping him pent up in this narrow crate?
Several times during the night he sprang to his feet when the shed door rattled open, expecting to see the Judge, or the boys at least.
But each time it was the bulging face of the saloon_keeper that peered in at him by the sickly light of a tallow candle.
But the saloon_keeper let him alone, and in the morning four men entered and picked up the crate.
Whereupon he lay down sullenly and allowed the crate to be lifted into a wagon.
Clerks in the express office took charge of him; he was carted about in another wagon; a truck carried him, with an assortment of boxes and parcels, upon a ferry steamer; he was trucked off the steamer into a great railway depot, and finally he was deposited in an express car.
When he flung himself against the bars, quivering and frothing, they laughed at him and taunted him.
That had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them.
At the same time he dropped the hatchet and shifted the club to his right hand.
And Buck was truly a red_eyed devil, as he drew himself together for the spring, hair bristling, mouth foaming, a mad glitter in his blood_shot eyes.
In mid air, just as his jaws were about to close on the man, he received a shock that checked his body and brought his teeth together with an agonizing clip.
With a snarl that was part bark and more scream he was again on his feet and launched into the air.
With a snarl that was part bark and more scream he was again on his feet and launched into the air.
This time he was aware that it was the club, but his madness knew no caution.
A dozen times he charged, and as often the club broke the charge and smashed him down.
He staggered limply about, the blood flowing from nose and mouth and ears, his beautiful coat sprayed and flecked with bloody slaver.
But the man, shifting the club from right to left, coolly caught him by the under jaw, at the same time wrenching downward and backward.
The man struck the shrewd blow he had purposely withheld for so long, and Buck crumpled up and went down, knocked utterly senseless.
He had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it.
As the days went by, other dogs came, in crates and at the ends of ropes, some docilely, and some raging and roaring as he had come; and, one and all, he watched them pass under the dominion of the man in the red sweater.
As the days went by, other dogs came, in crates and at the ends of ropes, some docilely, and some raging and roaring as he had come; and, one and all, he watched them pass under the dominion of the man in the red sweater.
Again and again, as he looked at each brutal performance, the lesson was driven home to Buck: a man with a club was a lawgiver, a master to be obeyed, though not necessarily conciliated.
Again and again, as he looked at each brutal performance, the lesson was driven home to Buck: a man with a club was a lawgiver, a master to be obeyed, though not necessarily conciliated.
Now and again men came, strangers, who talked excitedly, wheedlingly, and in all kinds of fashions to the man in the red sweater.
Now and again men came, strangers, who talked excitedly, wheedlingly, and in all kinds of fashions to the man in the red sweater.
And at such times that money passed between them the strangers took one or more of the dogs away with them.
Yet his time came, in the end, in the form of a little weazened man who spat broken English and many strange and uncouth exclamations which Buck could not understand.
Perrault knew dogs, and when he looked at Buck he knew that he was one in a thousand— he commented mentally.
He speedily learned that Perrault and Francois were fair men, calm and impartial in administering justice, and too wise in the way of dogs to be fooled by dogs.
He was friendly, in a treacherous sort of way, smiling into one's face the while he meditated some underhand trick, as, for instance, when he stole from Buck's food at the first meal.
As Buck sprang to punish him, the lash of Francois's whip sang through the air, reaching the culprit first; and nothing remained to Buck but to recover the bone.
As Buck sprang to punish him, the lash of Francois's whip sang through the air, reaching the culprit first; and nothing remained to Buck but to recover the bone.
He was a gloomy, morose fellow, and he showed Curly plainly that all he desired was to be left alone, and further, that there would be trouble if he were not left alone.
He was a gloomy, morose fellow, and he showed Curly plainly that all he desired was to be left alone, and further, that there would be trouble if he were not left alone.
At last, one morning, the propeller was quiet, and the Narwhal was pervaded with an atmosphere of excitement.
He felt it, as did the other dogs, and knew that a change was at hand.
Francois leashed them and brought them on deck.
More of this white stuff was falling through the air.
He sniffed it curiously, then licked some up on his tongue.
Every hour was filled with shock and surprise.
No lazy, sun_kissed life was this, with nothing to do but loaf and be bored.
They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of club and fang.
They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of club and fang.
There was no warning, only a leap in like a flash, a metallic clip of teeth, a leap out equally swift, and Curly's face was ripped open from eye to jaw.

18.67%

Passive voice

Passive voice is used rarely.

3.92%

Bureaucratic language

Very low presence of bureaucratic language.

Examples
During the four years since his puppyhood he had lived the life of a sated aristocrat; he had a fine pride in himself, was even a trifle egotistical, as country gentlemen sometimes become because of their insular situation.
The next he knew, he was dimly aware that his tongue was hurting and that he was being jolted along in some kind of a conveyance.
They only laughed and poked sticks at him, which he promptly assailed with his teeth till he realized that that was what they wanted.
It was all very silly, he knew; but therefore the more outrage to his dignity, and his anger waxed and waxed.
he said, when he had made an opening sufficient for the passage of Buck's body.
Straight at the man he launched his one hundred and forty pounds of fury, surcharged with the pent passion of two days and nights.
They were a new kind of men to Buck (of which he was destined to see many more), and while he developed no affection for them, he none the less grew honestly to respect them.
There was imperative need to be constantly alert; for these dogs and men were not town dogs and men.

0%

Pleonasms

The text is almost completely free of pleonasms.

Purple Prose Detector
Adjective-to-Noun Ratio
0.2
Adverb-to-Verb Ratio
0.19
Noun-to-Verb Ratio
1.73
Descriptive Ratio
0.17
Total Adverb Density
0.33
Total Adjective Density
0.3

9.83%

Descriptive Elements

The text contains minimal excessive descriptions.

0.08

Descriptive Frequency Index

Descriptive Frequency Index - a measure reflecting the ratio of adjectives, adverbs, and participles to all other parts of speech in the text.

1.85

Average Descriptive Element Per Sentence

Average number of descriptive elements per sentence - indicates the average number of adjectives, adverbs, and participles per sentence. A high value suggests a richly descriptive style, while a low value implies conciseness and restraint.

0.14%

Long Descriptions

Long descriptions. This criterion evaluates the presence of consecutive descriptive elements (adjectives, adverbs, and participles) in the text.

Examples
warm long
wide cool
endless orderly
right royal
kindred outdoor
parched swollen
small high-walled back
strange uncouth
gloomy morose

0.14%

Intensifiers

Intensifiers are words that enhance the meaning of adjectives, adverbs, or verbs (e.g., very, extremely, absolutely). A high number of intensifiers may indicate emotional intensity or excessive expressiveness in the text.

Examples
very: 3 times
utterly: 2 times
particularly: 1 times
HD-D
0.84
MTLD
84.92
Simpson Index
0.01
MATTR
0.88
Diversity Index
0.74
Interpolations
34.67%
Clause percentage
4.99%

Clause Diversity and Frequency

Average subclause per sentence
1.16
Subclause percentage
53.61%
Max Clauses Depth
4
Object Clauses
36.95%
Purpose Clauses
0%
Relative Clauses
26.51%
Temporal Clauses
2.01%
Adverbial Clauses
34.94%
Complement Clauses
0.4%
Concessive Clauses
2.01%
Paratactic Clauses
1.2%
Conditional Clauses
0.4%

Diversity of Sentence Structures

Simple
22.67%
Complex
32.01%
Compound
16.44%
Complex-Compound
28.44%
Unconjunct Compound
0.44%
Modal
7.56%
Passive
18.67%
Adverbial
0%
Imperative
0%
Exclamatory
0.89%
Participial
52.44%
Interrogative
3.56%
Adverbial Clauses
13.33%

Overall

16%

Optimal balance between dialogue and narration.

Structural diversity

Average Sentence Length
10.91
Average Diversity
55.56
Diversity Coefficient
34.54
Complex Sentences
37.14%

Smoothness of the rhythm

Coefficient of alternation of replica lengths
50
Average Length Difference
5.56
Standard Deviation
3.81

0%

Excessive Adverbs in Authorial Insertions

Authorial insertions are almost entirely free of adverbs.

Average Sentence Length
19.11
Average Complexity Percentage
0.14%
Subclause Percentage
53.61%
Depth of Subclauses
4
Avg Subclauses per Sentence
1.16
Total Simple Sentences
0.87%
Total Complex Sentences
0.12%
Total Overload Sentences
0.01%
All Overload Sentences
He plunged into the swimming tank or went hunting with the Judge’s sons; he escorted Mollie and Alice, the Judge’s daughters, on long twilight or early morning rambles; on wintry nights he lay at the Judge’s feet before the roaring library fire; he carried the Judge’s grandsons on his back, or rolled them in the grass, and guarded their footsteps through wild adventures down to the fountain in the stable yard, and even beyond, where the paddocks were, and the berry patches.
He was not so large,—he weighed only one hundred and forty pounds,—for his mother, Shep, had been a Scotch shepherd dog. Nevertheless, one hundred and forty pounds, to which was added the dignity that comes of good living and universal respect, enabled him to carry himself in right royal fashion.
82.66%
17.34%

Text temperature

0.01%

Exclamation marks

Optimal number of exclamation marks.

1.41%

Most repeated words

dog, men, dogs, life, came, went, hand, club, saw, man

0.8%

Unnecessary transition words

so, then, next, well, finally

0%

Superfluous Details
Rhythm Index
0.73
Diversity Index
1.38
Alternation Index
0.4
Punctuation Density
1.85%

!

0.01%

?

0.04%

:

0.01%

;

0.12%

,

1.47%

-

0.15%

0%

0.03%

24

Sentence Alternation

Optimal level of alternation between long and short sentences.

Median Sentence Length
18
Mean Sentence Length
19.11
Standard Deviation
10.86
Average Difference
9.43
Short Ratio
0.18
Medium Ratio
0.43
Long Ratio
0.39

29

Paragraph Alternation

Good balance of paragraph length alternation.

Avgerage Length
3.83
Standard Deviation
2.82
Short Ratio
0.53
Long Ratio
0.03
Average Difference
2.4

85

Flesch index

Flesch Index - a readability metric based on sentence length and the number of syllables per word.

A simple text, suitable for young schoolchildren or individuals with minimal reading proficiency.

Total words
4186
Total sentences
223
Total syllables
5071
Average sentence length in words
18.77
Average number of syllables per word
1.21
Language style
94
Dialogues' concentration
24
Rhythm
100
Redundant content
97
Tonality
81