Read Your Emotions - The Science Behind

Using IBM Watson™ Tone Analyzer, I analyzed A.S. Kline's translations of over 60 poems among the production of Sappho, Sulpicia, Catullus and Horace. The service uses linguistic analysis to detect emotional and language tones that people express in written text. Considering the aim of this project, language tones and emotionali tones were generally considerated as "emotions" or "feelings".

ANGER - evoked due to injustice, conflict, humiliation, negligence or betrayal. If anger is active, the individual attacks the target, verbally or physically. If anger is passive, the person silently sulks and feels tension and hostility.
FEAR - a response to impending danger. It is a survival mechanism that is a reaction to some negative stimulus. It may be a mild caution or an extreme phobia.
JOY - joy or happiness has shades of enjoyment, satisfaction and pleasure. There is a sense of well-being, inner peace, love, safety and contentment.
SADNESS - indicates a feeling of loss and disadvantage. When a person can be observed to be quiet, less energetic and withdrawn, it may be inferred that sadness exists.
TENTATIVENESS - A person's degree of inhibition. A higher score is more likely to be perceived as questionable, doubtful, limited, or debatable.
CONFIDENCE - A person's degree of certainty. A higher score is more likely to be perceived as assured, collected, hopeful, or egotistical.
ANALYTICITY - A person's reasoning and analytical attitude about a subject. A higher score is more likely to be perceived as intellectual, rational, systematic, emotionless, or impersonal.

Author	n°	Anger	Fear	Joy	Sadness	Confidence	Analyticity	Tentativeness
Catullus	2			0.73				0.94
Catullus	5			0.66				0.80
Catullus	14	0.54		0.65	0.58
Catullus	15	0.50	0.58			0.68
Catullus	16	0.70				0.78
Catullus	27			0.57
Catullus	38				0.81			0.84
Catullus	40	0.67	0.72	0.56
Catullus	48			0.82		0.69	0.86
Catullus	49			0.79		0.96
Catullus	56			0.81
Catullus	70						0.90
Catullus	71	0.61
Catullus	73			0.58				0.90
Catullus	77	0.68				0.58
Catullus	78b					0.94
Catullus	85						0.65	0.97
Catullus	92	0.64				0.84
Catullus	93						0.62	0.97
Catullus	101				0.93	0.66
Horatius	1.8		0.69					0.53
Horatius	1.12		0.53	0.66	0.54			0.70
Horatius	1.16	0.60		0.62				0.80
Horatius	1.18			0.69		0.68
Horatius	1.26		0.71
Horatius	1.27		0.68	0.59
Horatius	1.30			0.82
Horatius	1.35	0.51	0.64	0.64
Horatius	1.38						0.76
Horatius	2.7		0.68	0.55	0.58
Horatius	2.8		0.64	0.62	0.58	0.90	0.59
Horatius	2.10		0.59	0.51	0.54			0.74
Horatius	3.22				0.70			0.88
Sappho	1			0.67	0.62	0.76	0.53
Sappho	2			0.88
Sappho	4			0.86				0.93
Sappho	16			0.71				0.85
Sappho	17			0.88			0.52	0.61
Sappho	42			0.59				0.85
Sappho	48	0.63
Sappho	102				0.54
Sappho	104			0.93		0.94
Sappho	130			0.68			0.96
Sappho	132			0.93		0.79
Sulpicia	1			0.84			0.90
Sulpicia	2			0.63				0.70
Sulpicia	3			0.82			0.69
Sulpicia	4							0.80
Sulpicia	5				0.85		0.83	0.86
Sulpicia	6				0.74		0.54	0.86

The Science
Behind

Table of Emotions

For each emotion, a score of less 50% indicates that the emotion is unlikely to be perceived in the content. Likewise, a score greater than 75% indicates high likelihood that the emotion will be perceived.

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