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The Princess: Sweet and low

Alfred (Lord) Tennyson

Literary period: Victorian
Date published: 1850

Total stanzas2
Total lines16
Total words99
Total unique words47
Total syllables117
Total stressed syllables60
Total slack syllables57
Total phonemes317
Total unique phonemes34
Total stressed phonemes185
Total slack phonemes132