Emotional Dynamics in Convorbiri literare — A Quantitative Analyis of 32 Years of Poetry Using Sentiment Analysis

This article explores the area of sentiment analysis, specifically looking at its use on a special dataset: poems published in Convorbiri Literare from 1867 to 1898. With a focused approach, the study examines the detailed expressions of happiness and sadness within this 32-year collection, using advanced sentiment analysis techniques to understand the emotional nuances present in the poetry of that period. The research leads the way in applying both traditional and innovative sentiment analysis methods, including lexical affinity, concept-level analysis and clustering methods, to analyze the emotional content of the poems. By tracking the changes in emotional expressions of happiness and sadness over three decades, the study showcases the change in sentiment in poetry, reflecting cultural shifts and artistic movements of the time. The findings not only reveal the emotional dynamics of 19th-century Romanian poetry but also set the stage for future research, particularly in the realm of quantitative literary analysis.