Shropshire Lad III. The Recruit
A. E. Housman
Literary period: Victorian
Date published: 1896
| Total stanzas | 7 |
| Total lines | 28 |
| Total words | 159 |
| Total unique words | 80 |
| Total syllables | 179 |
| Total stressed syllables | 84 |
| Total slack syllables | 95 |
| Total phonemes | 488 |
| Total unique phonemes | 42 |
| Total stressed phonemes | 271 |
| Total slack phonemes | 217 |