couplet

The definition of a couplet is two lines of verse or two lines in a poem, especially when they are the same length and they rhyme.

(noun)

An example of a couplet is two rhyming lines in a Shakespearean poem.

See couplet in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: Fr, dim. of couple, couple

See couplet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.
Two similar things; a pair.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , diminutive of couple, couple; see couple

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