This is an analysis of the poem For Their Dreams And Expectations that begins with:

We do what we do,
Until we don't....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcd daXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 0111 0100110 0100001 001010 10010100 0100 1111 1111001 1 1001110101 11111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mystery is repeated).

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  • summary of For Their Dreams And Expectations;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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