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Shropshire Lad III. The Recruit

A. E. Housman

Literary period: Victorian
Date published: 1896

Total stanzas7
Total lines28
Total words159
Total unique words80
Total syllables179
Total stressed syllables84
Total slack syllables95
Total phonemes488
Total unique phonemes42
Total stressed phonemes271
Total slack phonemes217