For this example, we will use numerical values for English letters assigned using the same pattern as used for Arabic, Greek and Hebrew.

  A=1   B=2   C=3   D=4   E=5   F=6   G=7   H=8   I=9
  J=10  K=20  L=30  M=40  N=50  O=60  P=70  Q=80  R=90
  S=100 T=200 U=300 V=400 W=500 X=600 Y=700 Z=800

We will analyse the famous first line of Poe's classic poem "The Raven":

   Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

• There are 7x7 letters.
• The first and last words sum to 202x7, of which the first letters contribute 80x7.
• The consonants in words starting with a consonant sum to 537x7.
• The consonants in words ending with a consonant sum to 485x7, of which 192x7 comes from the odd length words and 293x7 from the even length words.
• The consonants in words 2,4,6,8,10 sum to 177x7.
• There are 7 words ending with consonants.
• There are 3x7 consonants in words of even length.
• Considering words 1,3,5,7,9,11:
  • There are 3x7 letters.
  • The even (2,4,6..) letters in each word total 138x7.
  • The last letters of each word total 205x7.
  • The first and last letters of each word total 51x7x7.
• Considering the verb "pondered":
  • The first letter has value 10x7.
  • The vowels have total value 10x7.

In his original article, Charles wrote:

  There are a number of other objections to Panin's methodology 
  as well, which time does not permit me to go into.

• The sentence has 3x7 words and a total value of 143x7x7.
• The first word has value 44x7.
• Words ending in vowels have value 230x7.
• Words ending in consonants have value 708x7.
• The three pronouns total 40x7.
• The words which start with a vowel and end with a consonant total 3x7x7x7.
• Considering just words 2,4,6,8,...,20:
  • There are 6x7 letters.
  • The 3x7 letters in odd position in the sentence total 53x7x7.
  • The 3x7 letters in odd position in a word total 54x7x7.
  • The first letters total 163x7.
  • The consonants total 408x7.

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