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couplet Definition

cou·plet (kup′lit)

noun

  1. two successive lines of poetry, esp. two of the same length that rhyme
  2. Rare a couple; pair

Etymology: Fr, dim. of couple, couple

couplet Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • rhyme: The 172 lines that follow are written in rhyming couplets in the style of the popular ballads common to the period.
  • write: Using the local river as their inspiration, the youngsters wrote poetry couplets and the winning entries are to be carved into stone seats.
  • call: This last salute called forth an impromptu couplet from the gifted Bard which deserves to be immortalized.
  • have: Her track Ch Ching has the couplet " Feminine?
  • include: The fourteen lines that constitute the main body of the poem have none of the prerequisites of a sonnet including the climatic couplet.
  • use: In Mordor, Sam pretty much uses the couplet as a cross to repel a vampire, or in this case a spider.

Adjective modifier

  • heroic: Alexander Pope, in the 18th century perfected a form of heroic couplet.
  • final: The final couplet often provides an opportunity to sum up the argument of the poem with an epigram.
  • elegiac: What are the limits on Ovid's boldness in using Latin and deploying the elegiac couplet?
  • first: There is usually a first couplet which is played simply at the beginning, .
  • octosyllabic: Hudibras, a poem written in rhyming octosyllabic couplets, concerns the exploits of a Presbyterian knight called Sir Hudibras.
  • iambic: Like Pope, around a hundred years later, Donne is writing in iambic couplets.

Preposition: on

theme: Six couplets on the theme: Welsh History 16.

Modifies a noun

  • form: In a work that takes as its theme the issue of artistic identity and exile, the couplet form suggests a drive toward cohesion.
  • tie: The couplet tie which she also prints at the end of each commentary, of course contains the key word.

Preposition: in

style: The 172 lines that follow are written in rhyming couplets in the style of the popular ballads common to the period.

Noun used with modifier

  • pentameter: The poem is in the form of rhyming pentameter couplets, sometimes called heroic couplets, the favorite poetic form of the eighteenth century.
  • opening: The triumphal gloating is miles away from the simple reconciliation of the poem's opening couplet.
  • closing: A rhymed poem concluding in free verse can make its point as forcefully as a closing couplet.