This is an analysis of the poem We All Have Our Days that begins with:

They love to exaggerate,
Every move I make......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbacd abacXX Xaee XXde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 100111 00101001010 1101010100 110001011010 011010010001 1100100111010 111010100010 010101010100 1101000011011 1110101010 011011010010100 1 1101 11111 01001111100110 11 110101111 111010 110110100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of We All Have Our Days;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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