Compatibility



Like-minded couples go together well:
interests and values are in concert.
With this unison, as clear as a bell,
joyful energy each comes to exert.
Like-minded couples have a unity:
interests and values are in accord.
With this attunement there is harmony:
walking hand-in-hand with joy as reward.
Like-minded couples are congenial:
interests and values remain kindred.
With this alliance all is venial.
In affinity happiness is bred.
Like-minded couples share an empathy:
interests and values have consonance.
With this connection comes an amity:
designing friendships of great consequence.
Like-minded couples show equality:
interests and values have cohesion.
With this equipoise there is parity.
Mutual respect builds admiration.
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Submitted on January 13, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABABCDCDEFAGCHCHCICI
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 714
Words 108
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

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