Winter's Heart/Statistical analysis

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Winter's Heart contains 35 chapters and a prologue and consists of 29 unique POVs and 73 individual POVs. It has a total word count of 238,825 words.

The Chapter by Chapter Breakdown sections lists the POVs in order by chapter. The percentage expressed here takes the total number of words in that section and divides it by the total word count. If a character has multiple POVs in the same chapter, they are listed again and not totaled up in one line.

The Unique POV Breakdown sections list all of the people (including Quotes and Narrator) who had POVs in the book. They are listed in the order of their appearance. The second column counts how many POVs they had. The third column divides the number of POVs the person had by the number of total POVs in the book. The fourth column lists the total word count for each POV. The fifth column divides the word count of the POV by the total word count. For example, in The Eye of the World, Rand al'Thor has 44 POVs. This is 74.586% of the total number of POVs (59) in the book. The next percentage indicates that 79.569% of the words in book are from Rand's point of view.

Chapter by Chapter Breakdown

Chapter	Character	Word Count	Percentage
Prologue: Snow	Quote	54	0.0226%
	Seaine Herimon	3,594	1.5049%
	Elayne Trakand	12,438	5.2080%
	Toveine Gazal	5,901	2.4708%
	Rand al'Thor	5,209	2.1811%
Ch1: Leaving the Prophet	Perrin Aybara	4,065	1.7021%
Ch2: Taken	Perrin Aybara	5,321	2.2280%
Ch3: Customs	Faile Bashere	4,694	1.9655%
Ch4: Offers	Faile Bashere	6,829	2.8594%
Ch5: Flags	Perrin Aybara	4,042	1.6925%
Ch6: The Scent of Madness	Perrin Aybara	6,850	2.8682%
Ch7: The Streets of Caemlyn	Elayne Trakand	6,384	2.6731%
Ch8: Sea Folk and Kin	Elayne Trakand	7,313	3.0621%
Ch9: A Cup of Tea	Elayne Trakand	4,764	1.9948%
Ch10: A Plan Succeeds	Elayne Trakand	7,551	3.1617%
	Asne Zeramene	1,662	0.6959%
	Mili Skane	1,087	0.4551%
Ch11: Ideas of Importance	Rand al'Thor	2,675	1.1201%
	Nynaeve al'Meara	7,571	3.1701%
Ch12: A Lily in Winter	Elayne Trakand	5,731	2.3997%
	Min Farshaw	2,706	1.1330%
	Elayne Trakand	343	0.1436%
Ch13: Wonderful News	Cadsuane Melaidhrin	4,589	1.9215%
	Demandred	2,238	0.9371%
Ch14: What a Veil Hides	Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag	3,630	1.5199%
Ch15: In Need of a Bellfounder	Matrim Cauthon	4,409	1.8461%
Ch16: An Unexpected Encounter	Matrim Cauthon	5,996	2.5106%
Ch17: Pink Ribbons	Matrim Cauthon	6,313	2.6434%
Ch18: An Offer	Matrim Cauthon	5,968	2.4989%
Ch19: Three Women	Matrim Cauthon	6,074	2.5433%
Ch20: Questions of Treason	Bethamin Zeami	4,950	2.0726%
Ch21: A Matter of Property	Egeanin Tamarath	4,622	1.9353%
Ch22: Out of Thin Air	Rand al'Thor	3,433	1.4375%
	Raefar Kisman	771	0.3228%
	Rand al'Thor	1,789	0.7491%
	Slayer	705	0.2952%
Ch23: To Lose the Sun	Shalon din Togara Morning Tide	6,617	2.7706%
Ch24: Among the Counsels	Shalon din Togara Morning Tide	4,734	1.9822%
Ch25: Bonds	Rand al'Thor	4,618	1.9336%
	Verin Mathwin	1,116	0.4673%
Ch26: Expectation	Elayne Trakand	6,314	2.6438%
Ch27: To Surprise Queens and Kings	Elayne Trakand	7,222	3.0240%
Ch28: News in a Cloth Sack	Matrim Cauthon	6,734	2.8196%
Ch29: Another Plan	Matrim Cauthon	6,136	2.5692%
Ch30: Cold, Fat Raindrops	Matrim Cauthon	3,726	1.5601%
Ch31: What the Aelfinn Said	Matrim Cauthon	5,102	2.1363%
Ch32: A Portion of Wisdom	Rand al'Thor	5,309	2.2230%
Ch33: Blue Carp Street	Min Farshaw	1,411	0.5908%
	Rand al'Thor	3,359	1.4065%
Ch34: The Hummingbird's Secret	Nynaeve al'Meara	1,189	0.4979%
	Rand al'Thor	621	0.2600%
	Cadsuane Melaidhrin	1,685	0.7055%
Ch35: With the Choedan Kal	Rand al'Thor	3,924	1.6430%
	Elza Penfell	584	0.2445%
	Barmellin	277	0.1160%
	Timna	186	0.0779%
	Cyndane	305	0.1277%
	Cadsuane Melaidhrin	368	0.1541%
	Rand al'Thor	141	0.0590%
	Demandred	749	0.3136%
	Cyndane	119	0.0498%
	Osan'gar	396	0.1658%
	Verin Mathwin	225	0.0942%
	Eben Hopwil	474	0.1985%
	Cyndane	398	0.1666%
	Moghedien	305	0.1277%
	Rand al'Thor	120	0.0502%
	Cadsuane Melaidhrin	627	0.2625%
	Osan'gar	236	0.0988%
	Elza Penfell	217	0.0909%
	Moghedien	342	0.1432%
	Cadsuane Melaidhrin	620	0.2596%
	Narrator	48	0.0201%

Unique POV Breakdown

Character	# of POVs	% of Total POVs (73)	Total Word Count (238,825)	% of Word Count
Quote	1	1.3699%	54	0.0226%
Seaine Herimon	1	1.3699%	3,594	1.5049%
Elayne Trakand	9	12.3288%	58,060	24.3107%
Toveine Gazal	1	1.3699%	5,901	2.4708%
Rand al'Thor	11	15.0685%	31,198	13.0631%
Perrin Aybara	4	5.4795%	20,278	8.4907%
Faile Bashere	2	2.7397%	11,523	4.8249%
Asne Zeramene	1	1.3699%	1,662	0.6959%
Mili Skane	1	1.3699%	1,087	0.4551%
Nynaeve al'Meara	2	2.7397%	8,760	3.6680%
Min Farshaw	2	2.7397%	4,117	1.7239%
Cadsuane Melaidhrin	5	6.8493%	7,889	3.3033%
Demandred	2	2.7397%	2,987	1.2507%
Tuon Athaem Kore Paendrag	1	1.3699%	3,630	1.5199%
Matrim Cauthon	9	12.3288%	50,458	21.1276%
Bethamin Zeami	1	1.3699%	4,950	2.0726%
Egeanin Tamarath	1	1.3699%	4,622	1.9353%
Raefar Kisman	1	1.3699%	771	0.3228%
Slayer	1	1.3699%	705	0.2952%
Shalon din Togara Morning Tide	2	2.7397%	11,351	4.7529%
Verin Mathwin	2	2.7397%	1,341	0.5615%
Elza Penfell	2	2.7397%	801	0.3354%
Barmellin	1	1.3699%	277	0.1160%
Timna	1	1.3699%	186	0.0779%
Cyndane	3	4.1096%	822	0.3442%
Osan'gar	2	2.7397%	632	0.2646%
Eben Hopwil	1	1.3699%	474	0.1985%
Moghedien	2	2.7397%	647	0.2709%
Narrator	1	1.3699%	48	0.0201%