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The Song of the Shirt

Thomas Hood

Literary period: Victorian
Date published: 1843-12

Total stanzas12
Total lines97
Total words547
Total unique words240
Total syllables658
Total stressed syllables313
Total slack syllables345
Total phonemes1745
Total unique phonemes47
Total stressed phonemes965
Total slack phonemes780