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Yeah, that short stem might make the bike handle strangely, but sounds like the right size. Like Ned says, you'll probably put the seat up and want a longer stem once you're more used to riding it. I'm 5'11+ (slightly longer torso/shorter legs) and have a 56, which is only used on track, and it's perfect.
size is too big. You can try to convince yourself, as everyone does when they buy the wrong size, and after the convincing, size will be still too big... We have all been there before.