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Full fadom five thy Father lies

William Shakespeare

Literary period: Elizabethan
Date published: 1623

Total stanzas1
Total lines8
Total words47
Total unique words41
Total syllables58
Total stressed syllables32
Total slack syllables26
Total phonemes156
Total unique phonemes38
Total stressed phonemes96
Total slack phonemes60