The Forsaken Merman
Matthew Arnold
Literary period: Victorian
Date published: 1849
| Total stanzas | 9 |
| Total lines | 143 |
| Total words | 922 |
| Total unique words | 343 |
| Total syllables | 1082 |
| Total stressed syllables | 473 |
| Total slack syllables | 609 |
| Total phonemes | 2877 |
| Total unique phonemes | 44 |
| Total stressed phonemes | 1406 |
| Total slack phonemes | 1471 |