The progressive digitization of texts, be they literary or not, has had aremarkable impact on the way we access them, making it possible to obtainhelp from computers towards the analysis of literary works. Treating text asdata allows researchers to test existing hypotheses and, sometimes, ask newquestions. And yet, what might appear like a scholarly revolution is actuallythe natural continuation of former efforts. From card files to spreadsheets todeep learning, quantitative approaches are not a disruption of scholarly practices, particularly in the exploration of poetic texts, which typically rely on ahighly regulated, and thus readily measurable, material. Whatever the complexity of the method used, viewing texts through this concentrating lens, thisrestricted gaze, forms a camera obscura within which lines of regularity mayappear that we hadn’t necessarily thought of beforehand, enriching and furthering the scholarly examination of literary productions.