Python count items in a list result

count-list-items-1-result.py

String
it was the best of times it was the worst of times it was the age of wisdom it was the age of foolishness

List
['it', 'was', 'the', 'best', 'of', 'times', 'it', 'was', 
'the', 'worst', 'of', 'times', 'it', 'was', 'the', 'age', 
'of', 'wisdom', 'it', 'was', 'the', 'age', 'of', 
'foolishness']

Frequencies
[4, 4, 4, 1, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 1, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 1, 4, 
4, 4, 2, 4, 1]

Pairs
[('it', 4), ('was', 4), ('the', 4), ('best', 1), ('of', 4), 
('times', 2), ('it', 4), ('was', 4), ('the', 4), 
('worst', 1), ('of', 4), ('times', 2), ('it', 4), 
('was', 4), ('the', 4), ('age', 2), ('of', 4), 
('wisdom', 1), ('it', 4), ('was', 4), ('the', 4), 
('age', 2), ('of', 4), ('foolishness', 1)]