This is an analysis of the poem Your Interests And Mine Are Different that begins with:

Supporting your efforts,
Does not mean I am an advocate......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXa cdXde XdabaXaacae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110 111111100 0011101 010010111010 0111010110 101111 0100101 1101000100 00100101101 00100101110001 1101111101 110110101010 1101001100 1100111100 11110101101000 111111100110 11011001 100100111 00101011100 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, interests, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Your Interests And Mine Are Different;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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